Impact of Routine Intensive Care Unit Surveillance Cultures and Resultant Barrier Precautions on Hospital‐Wide Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia
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- 15 October 2006
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 43 (8) , 971-978
- https://doi.org/10.1086/507636
Abstract
Background. Serial interventions are often used to reduce the risk of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infecKeywords
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