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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michal Y. Chowers ,
Yossi Paitan ,
Bat Sheva Gottesman ,
Beatris Gerber ,
Yona Ben-Nissan  and
Pnina Shitrit
Michal Y. Chowers*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Yossi Paitan
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
Bat Sheva Gottesman
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Beatris Gerber
Affiliation:
Infection Control, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
Yona Ben-Nissan
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
Pnina Shitrit
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
*
Infectious Diseases Unit, Meir Medical Center, 59 Tchernichovsky Street, Kfar Saba, Israel44281 (chowersm@post.tau.ac.il)
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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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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 778 - 781
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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