Universal screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: interim results from the NHS Scotland pathfinder project
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Universal screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: interim results from the NHS Scotland pathfinder project.
Following recommendations from a Health Technology Assessment (HTA), a prospective cohort study of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening of all admissions (N=29 690) to six acute hospitals in three regions in Scotland indicated that 7.5% of patients were colonised on admission to hospital. Factors associated with colonisation included re-admission, specialty of admission (...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Infection
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0195-6701
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.08.013