Contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: Costly and unnecessary?

Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is frequently encountered in health care facilities. Many hospitals have established screening programs to identify individuals harboring the organism. Patients identified as carrying MRSA are frequently placed in Contact Precautions at t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2012-08, Vol.40 (6), p.535-538
Hauptverfasser:	Spence, Michael R., MD, MPH, Dammel, Tereal, RN, CIC, Courser, Shari, RN, CIC
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asymptomatic carriage Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Carrier State - diagnosis Carrier State - microbiology Cross Infection - microbiology Cross Infection - prevention & control Epidemiology. Vaccinations General aspects Hospital-associated infection Hospitals Human bacterial diseases Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Infection Control Infection Control - economics Infection Control - methods Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Medical sciences Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Nosocomial infections Patients Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence Screening Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus infections Surveillance
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