Preemptive Isolation Precautions of Patients at High Risk for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Combination With Ultrarapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening as an Effective Tool for Infection Control. (23rd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hallak, Ghias; Neuner, Bruno; Schefold, Joerg C.; Gorzelniak, Kerstin; Rapsch, Brigitte; Pfüller, Roland; Stengel, Dirk; Wellmann, Jürgen; Ekkernkamp, Axel; Walter, Michael
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 12(2016)
• Page Start: 1489
• Page End: 1491
• Publication Date: 2016-09-23
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.204
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : This sequential nonrandomized intervention study investigated the role of preemptive isolation precautions plus ultrarapid polymerase chain reaction screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Compared with no prophylactic isolation plus conventional microbiology MRSA screening, nosocomial MRSA colonization and total MRSA incidence per 10, 000 patient days significantly decreased. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1489–1491