Are Contact Precautions “Essential” for the Prevention of Healthcare-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

DJ Diekema, P Nori, MP Stevens… - Clinical infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The recently updated Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious
Diseases Society of America, and the Association of Professionals in Infection Control …

SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute-care hospitals …

KJ Popovich, K Aureden, DC Ham… - Infection Control & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Previously published guidelines have provided comprehensive recommendations for
detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The intent of this …

Recent updates in the development of molecular assays for the rapid identification and susceptibility testing of MRSA

M Mizusawa, KC Carroll - Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a frequent
cause of healthcare-and community-associated infections. Nasal carriage of MRSA is a risk …

Active Surveillance and Contact Precautions for Preventing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Healthcare-Associated Infections During the COVID-19 …

ME Evans, LA Simbartl, BP McCauley… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Statistically significant decreases in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occurred in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals …

Discontinuing MRSA and VRE contact precautions: defining hospital characteristics and infection prevention practices predicting safe de-escalation

EM Martin, B Colaianne, C Bridge… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: To define conditions in which contact precautions can be safely discontinued for
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus …

Microbiome-pathogen interactions drive epidemiological dynamics of antibiotic resistance: A modeling study applied to nosocomial pathogen control

DRM Smith, L Temime, L Opatowski - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The human microbiome can protect against colonization with pathogenic antibiotic-resistant
bacteria (ARB), but its impacts on the spread of antibiotic resistance are poorly understood …

[图书][B] Bennett & Brachman's hospital infections

WR Jarvis - 2013 - books.google.com
For over three decades, Bennett & Brachman's Hospital Infections has been a respected and
influential resource in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and persistence of MRSA and VRE in skilled nursing facilities: environmental screening, whole-genome sequencing and development of a …

M Cassone, J Wang, BJ Lansing, J Mantey… - Journal of Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) …

Trends in infection incidence and antimicrobial resistance in the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: a nationwide retrospective cohort study (2007–22)

TM Pham, Y Zhang, MK Nevers, H Li… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to public health. There are few
comprehensive nationwide studies that quantify long-term trends in infection incidence and …

Effect of contact precautions on preventing meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in intensive care units: a review and modelling study of field trials

S Xiao, R Lin, H Ye, C Li, Y Luo, G Wang… - Journal of Hospital …, 2024 - Elsevier
Summary Background Contact precautions (CPs) have been widely implemented in
hospitals, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs), as the standard approach for managing …