896. A Safe, More Cost-Effective Protocol: Universal Decolonization vs. MRSA Screening and Contact Precautions

BACKGROUND: A trial of universal decolonization (alcohol-based nasal antiseptic plus chlorhexidine gluconate bathing) was instituted for 12 months, in a 536-bed short-term acute care hospital, as a replacement for nasal screening, contact precautions (CP) and decolonization of methicillin-resistant...

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Autores principales: Whitaker, Jacqueline, Kusha, Barmak, Longcoy, Joshua, Rutter, Amanda H, Ferrier, Sheryl, Marzi, Caitlin R, Montalvo Gonzalez, Leslie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809439/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.055

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809439/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.055

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