ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2024
Impact of discontinuation of contact precautions on surveillance- and whole genome sequencing-defined methicillin-resistant
Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Implementation and outcomes of a rapid response genomic hospital epidemiology programme at an academic medical centre over 7 years.The Lancet. Microbe · 2026Review
- Methicillin-resistantiScience · 2026Review
- The evolution of diagnostic microbiology: integrating culture-based methods and genomic advances.PeerJ · 2026Review
- Contact precautions in a palliative care unit: a retrospective chart review at a canadian tertiary hospital.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Prior studies evaluating the impact of discontinuation of contact precautions (DcCP) on methicillin-resistant Design: Quasi experimental interrupted time series. Setting: Acute care medical center. Participants: Inpatients. Methods: The effect of DcCP (use of gowns and gloves) for encounters among patients with MRSA carriage was evaluated using time series analysis of MRSA HAI rates from January 2019 through December 2022, compared to WGS-defined attributable transmission events before and after DcCP in December 2020. Results: The MRSA HAI rate was 4.22/10,000 patient days before and 2.98/10,000 patient days after DcCP (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 0.71 [95% confidence interval 0.56-0.89]) with a significant immediate decrease ( Conclusions: DcCP did not result in an increase in MRSA HAI or, in WGS-defined attributable transmission events. Comprehensive analyses of the effect of transmission prevention measures should include outcomes specifically measuring transmission-associated HAI.
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