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. 1987 Nov;10(3):255-9.
doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(87)90006-5.

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the role of antisepsis in the control of an outbreak

D J Tuffnell  1 , R S Croton, D M Hemingway, M N Hartley, P N Wake, R J Garvey
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the role of antisepsis in the control of an outbreak

D J Tuffnell et al. J Hosp Infect. 1987 Nov.

Abstract

Between February 1983 and September 1985, an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involving 151 patients and staff occurred in a district general hospital. At its peak, 43 cases occurred in 3 months. Sixty-two patients suffered morbidity and two died. Conventional isolation techniques and once-daily whole body washing of affected patients with triclosan successfully controlled the outbreak.

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