Are contact precautions effective at preventing MRSA transmission in healthcare settings?

Topics: Infectious Disease • Infection Prevention and Control

Answer from: at Academic Institution

I have a major axe to grind here. Whenever this has been looked at it seems that the answer is that, outside of an outbreak situation for example, so long as people wash their hands, this adds nothing but waste of medical equipment. See the following articles: CID review: Diekema et al., PMID 37738...

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at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Well, I am admittedly biased, as the lead author o...

Answer from: at Community Practice

I guess a more relevant question is - What is the purpose of contact ISO for MRSA+ patients? SMS

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at Desert Aids Project Inc
At my 2 hospitals, we discontinued the CP a few ye...

at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
That's very encouraging to hear.

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