Comparison of strategies to reduce meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates in surgical patients: a controlled multicentre intervention trial

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of two strategies (enhanced hand hygiene vs meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening and decolonisation) alone and in combination on MRSA rates in surgical wards. DESIGN: Prospective, controlled, interventional cohort study, with 6-month baseline,...

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Autores principales: Lee, Andie S, Cooper, Ben S, Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Chalfine, Annie, Daikos, George L, Fankhauser, Carolina, Carevic, Biljana, Lemmen, Sebastian, Martínez, José Antonio, Masuet-Aumatell, Cristina, Pan, Angelo, Phillips, Gabby, Rubinovitch, Bina, Goossens, Herman, Brun-Buisson, Christian, Harbarth, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24056477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003126

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24056477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003126

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