Veterans Affairs Initiative to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
New England Journal of Medicine2011Vol. 364(15), pp. 1419–1430
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Rajiv Jain, Stephen M. Kralovic, Martin E. Evans, Meredith Ambrose, Loretta A. Simbartl, D. Scott Obrosky, Marta L. Render, Ron W. Freyberg, John A. Jernigan, Robert R. Muder, LaToya J. Miller, Gary A. Roselle
Abstract
A program of universal surveillance, contact precautions, hand hygiene, and institutional culture change was associated with a decrease in health care-associated transmissions of and infections with MRSA in a large health care system.
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