Isolation of patients in single rooms or cohorts to reduce spread of MRSA in intensive-care units: prospective two-centre study.

Isolation of patients in single rooms or cohorts to reduce spread of MRSA in intensive-care units: prospective two-centre study.

BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired infection due to meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is common within intensive-care units. Single room or cohort isolation of infected or colonised patients is used to reduce spread, but its benefit over and above other contact precautions is not known....

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Main Authors: Cepeda, J, Whitehouse, T, Cooper, B, Hails, J, Jones, K, Kwaku, F, Taylor, L, Hayman, S, Cookson, B, Shaw, S, Kibbler, C, Singer, M, Bellingan, G, Wilson, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005

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