Successful Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections revisited.
basic_science · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Cross Infection
- Infection Control
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Veterans