Suspending Use of Contact Precautions in Patients Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Level III Neonatal ICU and Its Effects on Rates of Transmission

BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence to support whether contact precautions (CP) for MRSA-colonized patients in a Neonatal ICU (NICU) reduces rates of transmission, given current endemic MRSA. This study assesses rates of hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) in the NICU before and after discontinuati...

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Autores principales: Dogan, Tiffany, Hayward, Alexandra, Ponnaluri-Wears, Sreelatha, Lloyd, Elizabeth, Valyko, Amanda, Stillwell, Terri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631183/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1702

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