Impact of rapid molecular screening at hospital admission on nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Cluster randomised trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Roisin, Sandrine ^a   Laurent, Christine ^a,c   Denis, Olivier ^a,b   Dramaix, Michèle ^b   Nonhoff, Claire ^a   Hallin, Marie ^a,d   Byl, Baudouin ^a,b   Struelens, Marc J ^a,e  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur   (Belgium)

^d JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTROBAN NASAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; BELGIUM; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

BELGIUM; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901315620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096310     Document Type: Article

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