Impact of Routine Intensive Care Unit Surveillance Cultures and Resultant Barrier Precautions on Hospital‐Wide Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia | Zendy

Susan S. Huang | Zendy; Deborah S. Yokoe | Zendy; Virginia L. Hinrichsen | Zendy; Laura S. Spurchise | Zendy; Rupak Datta | Zendy; Irina Miroshnik | Zendy; Richard Platt | Zendy

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Impact of Routine Intensive Care Unit Surveillance Cultures and Resultant Barrier Precautions on Hospital‐Wide Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia

Author(s) -

Susan S. Huang,

Deborah S. Yokoe,

Virginia L. Hinrichsen,

Laura S. Spurchise,

Rupak Datta,

Irina Miroshnik,

Richard Platt

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/507636

Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , infection control , intensive care , intensive care medicine , central venous catheter , hygiene , isolation (microbiology) , emergency medicine , staphylococcus aureus , psychological intervention , catheter , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , nursing , genetics , physics , optics , pathology , bacteria , biology

Serial interventions are often used to reduce the risk of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. To our knowledge, the relative impact of these interventions has not previously been ascertained.

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