Background: Hospital management of patients infected with or colonized by methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) traditionally includes some form of isolation to …

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 …

The aim of the study was to critically review the best available literature that investigates the
role of patient isolation in the minimisation of the nosocomial transmission of methicillin …

We read with interest the recent paper from Wigglesworth and Wilcox, in which they
evaluated, over a 12 month period, infection control requests for patient isolation. They …

Patients colonized or infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a
Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intermediate Care Unit were placed either in Strict …

This was an observational study comparing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) transmission with no decolonization of medical patients to required decolonization …

Background Nosocomial infection remains the most common complication of hospitalisation.
Despite infection control efforts, nosocomial methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

Summary Background Contact precautions (CPs) have been widely implemented in
hospitals, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs), as the standard approach for managing …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is prevalent in many hospitals, but
many of its most serious clinical manifestations, such as bloodstream infection and ventilator …

To reduce the number of patients with known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) colonization who are repeatedly placed in isolation on hospital readmission, we …