Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection
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Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection.
BACKGROUND Both targeted decolonization and universal decolonization of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are candidate strategies to prevent health care-associated infections, particularly those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). METHODS We conducted a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial. Hospitals were randomly assigned to one of three strategies, with all a...
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1207290