Hospital-Wide Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control Program: A 5-Year Follow-up

1 August 2009

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Vol. 30 (8) , 778-781
https://doi.org/10.1086/599019

Abstract

We investigated the influence of different interventions (active surveillance, contact isolation, monitoring, and rapid diagnostic testing) on the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia cases. An interrupted time-series analysis was used. MRSA bacteremia cases were reduced by 70% when all interventions were in place. We proved monitoring to be an essential component.

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