Successful Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections revisited

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Abstract

In 2011 Jain et al reported a 62% reduction of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections that resulted from an intervention bundle. Here we present a mathematical model and prove, using parameters from the study by Jain et al, that the universal screen and isolate strategy can have contributed only marginally to the reduction in infections.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1618-1620
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume54
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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