ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2015
Reconsidering contact precautions for endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.
Article in Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03268122 (Comparison of Standard Isolation With Targeted Isolation for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of MRSA and VRE), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison of Standard Isolation With Targeted Isolation for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of MRSA and VRE: A Pilot Clinical Trial
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
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12 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundWhether contact precautions (CP) are required to control the endemic transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in acute care hospitals is controversial in light of improvements in hand hygiene, MRSA decolonization, environmental cleaning and disinfection, fomite elimination, and chlorhexidine bathing.
objectiveTo provide a framework for decision making around use of CP for endemic MRSA and VRE based on a summary of evidence related to use of CP, including impact on patients and patient care processes, and current practices in use of CP for MRSA and VRE in US hospitals.
designA literature review, a survey of Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network members on use of CP, and a detailed examination of the experience of a convenience sample of hospitals not using CP for MRSA or VRE.
participantsHospital epidemiologists and infection prevention experts.
resultsNo high quality data support or reject use of CP for endemic MRSA or VRE. Our survey found more than 90% of responding hospitals currently use CP for MRSA and VRE, but approximately 60% are interested in using CP in a different manner. More than 30 US hospitals do not use CP for control of endemic MRSA or VRE.
conclusionsHigher quality research on the benefits and harms of CP in the control of endemic MRSA and VRE is needed. Until more definitive data are available, the use of CP for endemic MRSA or VRE in acute care hospitals should be guided by local needs and resources.
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