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Wiping out MRSA: effect of introducing a universal disinfection wipe in a large UK teaching hospital

BACKGROUND: Contamination of the inanimate environment around patients constitutes an important reservoir of MRSA. Here we describe the effect of introducing a universal disinfection wipe in all wards on the rates of MRSA acquisitions and bacteraemias across a large UK teaching hospital. METHODS: A...

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Autores principales: Garvey, Mark I., Wilkinson, Martyn A. C., Bradley, Craig W., Holden, Kerry L., Holden, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0445-7