Impact of rapid molecular screening at hospital admission on nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomised trial.

Impact of rapid molecular screening at hospital admission on nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomised trial.

Cluster randomised crossover trial with seven wards randomly allocated to intervention or control arm.Medical and surgical wards of a university hospital with active MRSA control programme.All patients hospitalized >48 h in study wards and screened for MRSA on admission and discharge Intervention...

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Main Authors: Sandrine Roisin, Christine Laurent, Olivier Denis, Michèle Dramaix, Claire Nonhoff, Marie Hallin, Baudouin Byl, Marc J Struelens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4023928?pdf=render

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