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

T. Gurieva; M.C.J. Bootsma; M.J.M. Bonten

doi:10.1093/cid/cis272

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

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1618-1620
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	54
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis272
Publication status	Published - 2012

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