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Am J Infect Control
; 45(1): 75-76, 2017 01 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27590111
ABSTRACT
When to discontinue contact precautions for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains unresolved and policies vary between hospitals. We prospectively performed admission active surveillance cultures on patients known to have been MRSA positive for at least 1 year to determine the proportion who remained positive. The proportion of patients with MRSA who remained positive was 19.9%; however, this significantly decreased over time, particularly after 5 years.