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Preemptive Isolation Precautions of Patients at High Risk for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Combination With Ultrarapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening as an Effective Tool for Infection Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Ghias Hallak ,
Bruno Neuner ,
Joerg C. Schefold ,
Kerstin Gorzelniak ,
Brigitte Rapsch ,
Roland Pfüller ,
Dirk Stengel ,
Jürgen Wellmann ,
Axel Ekkernkamp  and
Michael Walter
Ghias Hallak
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Trauma Center, Berlin, Germany
Bruno Neuner
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité-Mitte, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Joerg C. Schefold
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Kerstin Gorzelniak
Affiliation:
Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Brigitte Rapsch
Affiliation:
Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Roland Pfüller
Affiliation:
Medizinisch-Diagnostische Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dirk Stengel
Affiliation:
Clinical Research Center, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jürgen Wellmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Axel Ekkernkamp
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Trauma Center, Berlin, Germany
Michael Walter*
Affiliation:
Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and Labor Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
*
Address correspondence to Michael Walter, MD, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and Labor Berlin, Berlin, Germany (m.walter@charite.de).
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Abstract

This sequential nonrandomized intervention study investigated the role of preemptive isolation precautions plus ultrarapid polymerase chain reaction screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Compared with no prophylactic isolation plus conventional microbiology MRSA screening, nosocomial MRSA colonization and total MRSA incidence per 10,000 patient days significantly decreased.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1489–1491

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 12 , December 2016 , pp. 1489 - 1491
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

G.H. and B.N. contributed equally to this article.

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