Active Surveillance Screening of MRSA and Eradication of the Carrier State Decreases Surgical-Site Infections Caused by MRSA

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 981-986

  Pofahl, Walter E ^a   Goettler, Claudia E ^a   Ramsey, Keith M ^a   Cochran, M Kathy ^b   Nobles, Delores L ^b   Rotondo, Michael F ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BENCHMARKING; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NOSE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 64949108071     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.12.025     Document Type: Article

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