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Successful Veterans Affairs Initiative to Prevent Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections Revisited

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Journal Clin Infect Dis
Date 2012 Apr 12
PMID 22491330
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Abstract

In 2011 Jain et al reported a 62% reduction of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections that resulted from an intervention bundle. Here we present a mathematical model and prove, using parameters from the study by Jain et al, that the universal screen and isolate strategy can have contributed only marginally to the reduction in infections.

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