Preemptive Isolation Precautions of Patients at High Risk for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Combination With Ultrarapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening as an Effective Tool for Infection Control

Preemptive Isolation Precautions of Patients at High Risk for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Combination With Ultrarapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening as an Effective Tool for Infection Control

This sequential nonrandomized intervention study investigated the role of preemptive isolation precautions plus ultrarapid polymerase chain reaction screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Compared with no prophylactic isolation plus conventional microbiology MRSA screening...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2016-12, Vol.37 (12), p.1489-1491
Hauptverfasser: Hallak, Ghias, Neuner, Bruno, Schefold, Joerg C., Gorzelniak, Kerstin, Rapsch, Brigitte, Pfüller, Roland, Stengel, Dirk, Wellmann, Jürgen, Ekkernkamp, Axel, Walter, Michael
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Sprache:eng
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Concise Communications
Cross Infection - diagnosis
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Germany
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control - methods
Laboratories
Length of Stay
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Microbiology
Nosocomial infection
Nosocomial infections
Nursing
Patient Isolation - methods
Patients
Polymerase chain reaction
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control
Staphylococcus infections
Surveillance
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Zusammenfassung:This sequential nonrandomized intervention study investigated the role of preemptive isolation precautions plus ultrarapid polymerase chain reaction screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Compared with no prophylactic isolation plus conventional microbiology MRSA screening, nosocomial MRSA colonization and total MRSA incidence per 10,000 patient days significantly decreased. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1489–1491
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2016.204