2011
Environmental Cleaning Intervention and Risk of Acquiring Multidrug-Resistant Organisms From Prior Room Occupants
Datta R, Platt R, Yokoe DS, Huang SS. Environmental Cleaning Intervention and Risk of Acquiring Multidrug-Resistant Organisms From Prior Room Occupants. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 491-494. PMID: 21444840, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.64.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusRisk of acquisitionPrior room occupantsVancomycin-resistant enteroccociIntensive care unitCare unitIntervention periodAcquisition of MRSAIntensive care unit roomsRetrospective cohort studyMultidrug-resistant organismsAcademic medical centerEnvironmental cleaning interventionsVRE acquisitionEligible patientsMRSA carriersVRE transmissionCardiac surgeryCohort studyMRSA acquisitionNeurosurgery unitThoracic surgeryMedical CenterVRE carriersGeneral surgery
2010
Risk of Postdischarge Infection with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus after Initial Infection or Colonization
Datta R, Huang SS. Risk of Postdischarge Infection with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus after Initial Infection or Colonization. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2010, 31: 1290-1293. PMID: 20979493, PMCID: PMC3075426, DOI: 10.1086/657332.Peer-Reviewed Original Research