Successful Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections revisited.
Clin Infect Dis
; 54(11): 1618-20, 2012 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-22491330
ABSTRACT
In 2011 Jain et al reported a 62% reduction of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections that resulted from an intervention bundle. Here we present a mathematical model and prove, using parameters from the study by Jain et al, that the universal screen and isolate strategy can have contributed only marginally to the reduction in infections.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Veteranos
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Controle de Infecções
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article