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
2006
Risk of Acquiring Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria From Prior Room Occupants
Huang SS, Datta R, Platt R. Risk of Acquiring Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria From Prior Room Occupants. JAMA Internal Medicine 2006, 166: 1945-1951. PMID: 17030826, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.18.1945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBostonCarrier StateCohort StudiesCross InfectionEnterococcusFemaleGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHospitalizationHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMethicillin ResistanceMiddle AgedOdds RatioPatients' RoomsRetrospective StudiesRiskStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusVancomycin ResistanceConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusPrior room occupantsVancomycin-resistant enterococciMRSA-positive patientsVRE-positive patientsRetrospective cohort studyIntensive care unitPopulation attributable riskCare of patientsRisk of transmissionRoutes of transmissionOdds of acquisitionMRSA casesVRE casesCohort studyRoutine admissionCare unitWeekly screeningExcess riskAttributable riskRelative oddsPatientsRoom occupantsAntibiotic-resistant bacteriaAdmission