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. 2009 Nov;47(11):3749-52.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01223-08. Epub 2009 Sep 30.

Implementation of a universal admission surveillance and decolonization program for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reduces the number of MRSA and total number of S. aureus isolates reported by the clinical laboratory

Donna M Hacek  1 , Suzanne M Paule, Richard B Thomson Jr, Ari Robicsek, Lance R Peterson
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Implementation of a universal admission surveillance and decolonization program for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reduces the number of MRSA and total number of S. aureus isolates reported by the clinical laboratory

Donna M Hacek et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

Our three-hospital system began active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization, with decolonization of positive patients, on all admissions starting 1 August 2005. A question not previously addressed is whether reduction of the incidence of MRSA disease would lower the total number of S. aureus clinical isolates recovered by the microbiology laboratory that are reported to health care providers. The decreases in the numbers of MRSA and total S. aureus clinical isolates for each year after August 2005 were highly statistically significant compared to the numbers in each of the prior 3 years (P < 0.0001).

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Annual numbers of inpatients with clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) admitted to NorthShore University Health System from August 2002 through July 2007.
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