Preventing infections in the ICU: one size does not fit all.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Chlorhexidine bathing and health care-associated infections among adult intensive care patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2016
   Pooled it
2. Deconstructing the relative benefits of a universal glove and gown intervention on MRSA acquisition.The Journal of hospital infection · 2017
   Trial
3. Estimating Changes in Facility Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection Rates Due to Changes in MRSA Precaution Policy.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
   Article
4. Effectiveness of Contact Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Intensive Care Units.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
   Article
5. A Dynamic Transmission Model to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Infection Control Strategies.Open forum infectious diseases · 2017
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6. Multiple drug resistant organisms in healthcare: the failure of contact precautions.Journal of infection prevention · 2015
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7. A qualitative study of senior hospital managers' views on current and innovative strategies to improve hand hygiene.BMC infectious diseases · 2014
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8. Evidence-based de-implementation for contradicted, unproven, and aspiring healthcare practices.Implementation science : IS · 2014
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Corrections and comments

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  Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial.2013

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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