Multicenter Study of Hand Carriage of Potential Pathogens by Neonatal ICU Healthcare Personnel.

Autor: Yu-hui Ferng, Clock, Sarah A., Wong-Mcloughlin, Jennifer, DeLaMora, Patricia A., Perlman, Jeffrey M., Gray, Kelly S., Paul, David A., Prasad, Priya A., Zaoutis, Theoklis E., Alba, Luis R., Whittier, Susan, Larson, Elaine L., Saiman, Lisa
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Zdroj: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; Sep2015, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p276-279, 4p
Abstrakt: A multicenter surveillance study was performed to determine the rates of hand carriage of potential pathogens among healthcare personnel in four neonatal intensive care units. Staphylococcus aureus, enterococci, and gram-negative bacilli were recovered from 8%, 3%, and 2% of 1000 hand culture samples, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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