Chapter-12 Screening for Multidrug-resistant Organisms
BOOK TITLE: Essentials of Hospital Infection Control
Author
1. Sastry Apurba S
2. R Deepashree
ISBN
9789352706907
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18182_13
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2019
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1.
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
2.
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
Chapter keywords
Multidrug-resistant organism,
healthcare facility,
HCF,
transmission,
infection control,
organism-specific approach,
active surveillance,
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci,
VRE,
Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae,
CRE