Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection

Med J Aust. 2006 Mar 6;184(5):253; author reply 254. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00221.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Hand Disinfection / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Ethanol
  • Chlorhexidine