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Effect of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage by Polymerase Chain Reaction on the Duration of Unnecessary Preemptive Contact Isolation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ilker Uçkay ,
Hugo Sax ,
Anne Iten ,
Véronique Camus ,
Gesuele Renzi ,
Jacques Schrenzel ,
Arnaud Perrier  and
Didier Pittet
Ilker Uçkay
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Anne Iten
Affiliation:
Service of General Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Véronique Camus
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Gesuele Renzi
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of Bacteriology, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Jacques Schrenzel
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of Bacteriology, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Arnaud Perrier
Affiliation:
Service of General Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Didier Pittet*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Facuty of Medicine, 24 Rue Micheli-du-Crest 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland (didier.pittet@hcuge.ch)
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Abstract

A high prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage at hospital readmission among previous MRSA carriers warrants screening and preemptive isolation precautions. The replacement of culture on chromogenic agar with rapid quantitative polymerase chain reaction for readmission screening reduces the number of unnecessary preemptive isolation-days by 54% (from 6.88 to 3.14 isolation-days) and related costs by 45% (from US$113.2 to US$62.1) for patients who test negative for MRSA.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 11 , November 2008 , pp. 1077 - 1079
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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