作者: Dinah Gould
DOI: 10.12968/BJCN.2007.12.5.23354
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摘要: Infection control is an area of healthcare practice subject to rapid development in-line with changes in the behaviour pathogens, advances technology, altered profile people undergoing healthcare, settings which that care delivered and impact new ways working throughout National Health Service. This article describes how micro-organisms responsible for healthcare-associated infection can be transferred between hospital community explains risks disseminating relation two types pathogen carrying resistance antibiotics: methicillin resistant Staphylococus aureus glycopeptide enterococci. Ability read current literature critically, aware changing policy its on risk forms important part nursing role.