Infection prevention and control in home health care: the nurse's bag.
This study evaluates bacterial contamination rates of home health care nurses' bags and the patient care equipment found inside. Nurses' bags--a ubiquitous fomite in the home health care environment--may serve as a potential reservoir for multidrug-resistant organisms.
Bakunas-Kenneley
Irena
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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA. irena.kenneley@case.edu
Madigan
Elizabeth A
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D009739:Nursing Services; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors