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Do Active Surveillance and Contact Precautions Reduce MRSA Acquisition? A Prospective Interrupted Time Series

BACKGROUND: Consensus for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control has still not been reached. We hypothesised that use of rapid MRSA detection followed by contact precautions and single room isolation would reduce MRSA acquisition. METHODS: This study was a pre-planned prospective...

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Autores principales: Marshall, Caroline, Richards, Michael, McBryde, Emma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058112