Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Passive and Active Screening With Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction | Zendy

Erica S. Shenoy | Zendy; Jason Kim | Zendy; Eric Rosenberg | Zendy; Jennifer A. Cotter | Zendy; Hang Lee | Zendy; Rochelle P. Walensky | Zendy; David C. Hooper | Zendy

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Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Passive and Active Screening With Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction

Author(s) -

Erica S. Shenoy,

Jason Kim,

Eric Rosenberg,

Jennifer A. Cotter,

Hang Lee,

Rochelle P. Walensky,

David C. Hooper

Publication year - 2013

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 - 10.1093/cid/cit206

Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , surgery , biology , bacteria , genetics

There have been no randomized controlled trials comparing active and passive screening for documenting clearance of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We compared the efficacy of active and passive screening using both culture and commercial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for documentation of MRSA clearance and discontinuation of MRSA contact precautions (CPs).

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