Network Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Spread in a Large Tertiary Care Facility

Network Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Spread in a Large Tertiary Care Facility

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an antibiotic-resistant bacterium of epidemiologic importance in Canadian healthcare facilities. The contact between MRSA colonized or infected patients with other patients, healthcare workers (HCWs) and/or the healthcare environment can result i...

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Main Author: Moldovan, Ioana Doina
Other Authors: Jolly, Ann
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
Subjects:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Social Network Analysis
MRSA
social network
Healthcare-associated MRSA
healthcare network
MRSA spread
MRSA transmission
feasibility study
secondary data
case-control study
hospital setting
large tertiary care facility
electronic medical records data
network size
vertices
lines
density
outbreak
degree centrality
eigenvector centrality
epidemiology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35700
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-657

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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35700
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-657

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