Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position paper

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29(10):901-13. doi: 10.1086/591741.
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Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State* / drug therapy
  • Carrier State* / epidemiology
  • Carrier State* / microbiology
  • Cross Infection* / drug therapy
  • Cross Infection* / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection* / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Enterococcus / drug effects
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / epidemiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Population Surveillance / methods
  • Prevalence
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Vancomycin Resistance