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Observational Study
. 2016 May 1;176(5):705-6.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0142.

Multidrug-Resistant Organisms on Patients' Hands: A Missed Opportunity

Jie Cao  1 , Lillian Min  2 , Bonnie Lansing  3 , Betsy Foxman  4 , Lona Mody  2
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Observational Study

Multidrug-Resistant Organisms on Patients' Hands: A Missed Opportunity

Jie Cao et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure. Patient Hand Carriage of Organisms at Baseline and Follow-up
MDRO indicates multidrug resistant organism; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; RGNB, resistant-gram negative bacilli; and VRE, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. During the entire follow-up period, 34.2% (122 of 357) patients were colonized by at least 1 MDRO. MRSA, VRE, and RGNB were colonized on patients hands at rates of 16.5%(59 of 357), 19.9%(71 of 357), and 5.9% (21 of 357), respectively.
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