Hospital-wide methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus control program: A 5-year follow-up

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 778-781

  Chowers, Michal Y ^b,d,e   Paitan, Yossi ^a   Gottesman, Bat Sheva ^b,d   Gerber, Beatris ^c   Ben Nissan, Yona ^a   Shitrit, Pnina ^b,d  

^a Microbiology Laboratory   (Israel)

^b Infectious Disease Unit   (Israel)

^c Infection Control   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK REDUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BACTEREMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 67651085428     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599019     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Bootsma MC, Diekmann O, Bonten MJ. Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: quantifying the effects of interventions and rapid diagnostic testing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:5620-5625.
2. Shitrit P, Gottesman BS, Katzir M, Kilman A, Ben-Nissan Y, Chowers M. Active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decreases the incidence of MRSA bacteremia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27:1004-1008.
3. Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, et al. Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients. JAMA 2008; 299:1149-1157.