Strict Versus Modified Isolation for Prevention of Nosocomial Transmission of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

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Abstract
Patients colonized or infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intermediate Care Unit were placed either in Strict Isolation or cared for with modified isolation precautions. The assignment was determined by the unit in which they were hospitalized. Units were changed from one form of isolation to the other and served as their own controls.