Controlling antimicrobial resistance in hospitals: infection control and use of antibiotics.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Weinstein, R. A.
• Description:
  Antimicrobial-drug resistance in hospitals is driven by failures of hospital hygiene, selective pressures created by overuse of antibiotics, and mobile genetic elements that can encode bacterial resistance mechanisms. Attention to hand hygiene is constrained by the time it takes to wash hands and by the adverse effects of repeated handwashing on the skin. Alcohol-based hand rubs can overcome the time problem and actually improve skin condition. Universal glove use could close gaps left by incomplete adherence to hand hygiene. Various interventions have been described to improve antibiotic use. The most effective have been programs restricting use of antibiotics and computer-based order forms for health providers.
• Subjects:
  Alcohols Anti-Bacterial Agents Cross Infection Drug Prescriptions Drug Resistance, Microbial Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted Gloves, Protective Hand Disinfection Humans Infection Control
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):188-192.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7d69f30978a179fcc7ade1501186d5f19a5cc99824b2213e505dfa78b45a0eea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15083/cdc_15083_DS1.pdf
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