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Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Patients No Longer Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Holenarasipur R. Vikram ,
Diane G. Dumigan ,
Cynthia Kohan ,
Nancy L. Havill ,
Allison Tauman  and
John M. Boyce
Holenarasipur R. Vikram
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix-Scottsdale, Arizona
Diane G. Dumigan
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
Cynthia Kohan
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
Nancy L. Havill
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
Allison Tauman
Affiliation:
Veterans Health Administration Performance Services, New Haven, Connecticut
John M. Boyce*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Section of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Saint Raphael, 1450 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06511, (JBoyce@srhs.org)
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Abstract

To reduce the number of patients with known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization who are repeatedly placed in isolation on hospital readmission, we screened patients who had no positive results for MRSA culture in the previous 6 months. Twenty-one (21%) of 98 patients were no longer colonized and were removed from contact precautions.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 541 - 543
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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