TY - JOUR AU - Weinstein, Robert A. T1 - Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals: Infection Control and Use of Antibiotics T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 188 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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 gloving 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. KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0702.700188 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0188_article ER - End of Reference