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. 2011 Feb;32(2):185-7.
doi: 10.1086/657944.

Contamination of hands with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after contact with environmental surfaces and after contact with the skin of colonized patients

Usha Stiefel  1 , Jennifer L Cadnum, Brittany C Eckstein, Dubert M Guerrero, Mary Ann Tima, Curtis J Donskey
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Contamination of hands with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after contact with environmental surfaces and after contact with the skin of colonized patients

Usha Stiefel et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

In a study of 40 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers, hand contamination was equally likely after contact with commonly examined skin sites and commonly touched environmental surfaces in patient rooms (40% vs 45%). These findings suggest that contaminated surfaces may be an important source of MRSA transmission.

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