Impact of Routine Intensive Care Unit Surveillance Cultures and Resultant Barrier Precautions on Hospital-Wide Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Huang SS, Yokoe DS, Hinrichsen VL, Spurchise LS, Datta R, Miroshnik I, Platt R. Impact of Routine Intensive Care Unit Surveillance Cultures and Resultant Barrier Precautions on Hospital-Wide Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006, 43: 971-978. PMID: 16983607, DOI: 10.1086/507636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitContact isolation precautionsMRSA bacteremiaStaphylococcus aureus bacteremiaInfection control interventionsIsolation precautionsSurveillance culturesBarrier precautionsAureus bacteremiaIncidence densityHealth care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infectionsMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremiaMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infectionsControl interventionsMaximal sterile barrier precautionsResistant Staphylococcus aureus BacteremiaCentral venous catheter placementAlcohol-based hand rubHospital-wide reductionVenous catheter placementHand hygiene campaignRoutine surveillance culturesStaphylococcus aureus infectionInterrupted time series designBacteremia rates