Differences in Hospital-Associated Multidrug-Resistant Organisms and Clostridium difficile Rates Using 2-Day versus 3-Day Definitions

We surveyed infection prevention programs in 16 hospitals for hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci, extended-spectrum β-lactamase, and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter acquisition, as well as hospital-associated MRSA bacteremia and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2014-11, Vol.35 (11), p.1417-1420
Hauptverfasser: Gombosev, Adrijana, Fouad, Salah E., Cui, Eric, Cao, Chenghua, Terpstra, Leah, Avery, Taliser R., Kim, Diane, Meyers, Hildy, Cheung, Michele, Huang, Susan S.
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Zusammenfassung:We surveyed infection prevention programs in 16 hospitals for hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci, extended-spectrum β-lactamase, and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter acquisition, as well as hospital-associated MRSA bacteremia and Clostridium difficile infection based on defining events as occurring >2 days versus >3 days after admission. The former resulted in significantly higher median rates, ranging from 6.76% to 45.07% higher.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/678423