Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-xtgtn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-16T13:52:10.777Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Optimizing Antimicrobial Use in Hemodialysis Time to Take a Hard Look in the Mirror

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Preeti N. Malani  and
Michael Heung
Preeti N. Malani*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michael Heung
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Healthcare System, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (pmalani@umich.edu)
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Commentary
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , April 2013 , pp. 358 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Smith, TL, Pearson, ML, Wilcox, KR, et al.Emergence of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. N Engl J Med 1999;340(7):493–501.Google Scholar
2.Chang, S, Sievert, DM, Hageman, JC, et al.Infection with vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus containing the vanA resistance gene. N Engl J Med 2003;348(14):1342–1347.Google Scholar
3.Sievert, DM, Rudrik, JT, Patel, JB, McDonald, LC, Wilkins, MJ, Hageman, JC. Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States, 2002–2006. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46(5):668–674.Google Scholar
4.Snyder, GM, Patel, PR, Kallen, AJ, Strom, JA, Tucker, JK, D'Agata, EMC. Antimicrobial use in outpatient hemodialysis units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;34(4):349–357(in this issue).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
5.U.S. Renal Data System. USRDS 2010 annual data report: atlas of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in the United States. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2010.Google Scholar
6.Lynch, JR, Mohan, S, McClellan, WM. Achieving the goal: results from the Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2011;20(6):583–592.Google Scholar
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Get smart for healthcare. www.cdc.gov/getsmart/healthcare (accessed January 11, 2013).Google Scholar