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Rapid molecular detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cost-effective tool for infection control in critical care?

Struelens MJ, Denis O.

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Evaluation of rapid screening and pre-emptive contact isolation for detecting and controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critical care: an interventional cohort study.

Harbarth S, Masuet-Aumatell C, Schrenzel J, Francois P, Akakpo C, Renzi G, Pugin J, Ricou B, Pittet D.

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Cost-effectiveness of active surveillance cultures and contact/droplet precautions for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Karchmer TB, Durbin LJ, Simonton BM, Farr BM.

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Control of endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cost-benefit analysis in an intensive care unit.

Chaix C, Durand-Zaleski I, Alberti C, Brun-Buisson C.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): is there a need to change clinical practice?

Baird VL, Hawley R.

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Real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: impact on nosocomial transmission and costs.

Conterno LO, Shymanski J, Ramotar K, Toye B, van Walraven C, Coyle D, Roth VR.

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Active surveillance cultures are not required to control MRSA infections in the critical care setting.

Edmond MB, Ober JF, Bearman G.

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Effect of targeted surveillance for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a community hospital system.

West TE, Guerry C, Hiott M, Morrow N, Ward K, Salgado CD.

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Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients.

Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, Christenson J, Gervaz P, Bandiera-Clerc C, Renzi G, Vernaz N, Sax H, Pittet D.

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Implementation of an industrial systems-engineering approach to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Muder RR, Cunningham C, McCray E, Squier C, Perreiah P, Jain R, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Jernigan JA.

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Reduction in hospitalwide incidence of infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with use of antimicrobial hand-hygiene gel and statistical process control charts.

Harrington G, Watson K, Bailey M, Land G, Borrell S, Houston L, Kehoe R, Bass P, Cockroft E, Marshall C, Mijch A, Spelman D.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus preventing strategy in cardiac surgery.

Mastoraki A, Kriaras I, Douka E, Mastoraki S, Stravopodis G, Geroulanos S.

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Controlled evaluation of the IDI-MRSA assay for detection of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diverse mucocutaneous specimens.

de San N, Denis O, Gasasira MF, De Mendonça R, Nonhoff C, Struelens MJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Apr;45(4):1098-101. Epub 2007 Feb 7.PMID: 17287320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cost of the meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus search and destroy policy in a Dutch university hospital.

Nulens E, Broex E, Ament A, Deurenberg RH, Smeets E, Scheres J, van Tiel FH, Gordts B, Stobberingh EE.

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Apr;68(4):301-7. Epub 2008 Mar 19.PMID: 18353496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic review of isolation policies in the hospital management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a review of the literature with epidemiological and economic modelling.

Cooper BS, Stone SP, Kibbler CC, Cookson BD, Roberts JA, Medley GF, Duckworth GJ, Lai R, Ebrahim S.

Health Technol Assess. 2003;7(39):1-194. Review.PMID: 14636487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cost analysis of a hospital-wide selective screening programme for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers in the context of diagnosis related groups (DRG) payment.

Wernitz MH, Keck S, Swidsinski S, Schulz S, Veit SK.

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[Evaluation of the efficacy of a program to control nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus]

Pan A, Catenazzi P, Ferrari L, Tinelli C, Seminari E, Ratti A, Carnevale G, Cogrossi A, Crema L, Dolcetti L, Barosi C, Granata L, La Russa A, Poli N, Tomasoni D, Ceruti T.

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Effect on MRSA transmission of rapid PCR testing of patients admitted to critical care.

Cunningham R, Jenks P, Northwood J, Wallis M, Ferguson S, Hunt S.

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Costs of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its control.

Gould IM.

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Active screening in high-risk units is an effective and cost-avoidant method to reduce the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the hospital.

Clancy M, Graepler A, Wilson M, Douglas I, Johnson J, Price CS.

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