Hospital-wide methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus control program: A 5-year follow-up

Michal Y. Chowers; Yossi Paitan; Bat Sheva Gottesman; Beatris Gerber; Yona Ben-Nissan; Pnina Shitrit

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Hospital-wide methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus control program: A 5-year follow-up

Michal Y. Chowers, Yossi Paitan, Bat Sheva Gottesman, Beatris Gerber, Yona Ben-Nissan, Pnina Shitrit

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We investigated the influence of different interventions (active surveillance, contact isolation, monitoring, and rapid diagnostic testing) on the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia cases. An interrupted time-series analysis was used. MRSA bacteremia cases were reduced by 70% when all interventions were in place. We proved monitoring to be an essential component.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	778-781
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	30
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/599019
State	Published - Aug 2009

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