title: Controlling the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci with contact precautions: time for a randomized trial.
authors.affiliation: Veterans' Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA. saint@umich.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saint
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atherton
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lipsky
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Strausbaugh
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016635:Universal Precautions; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance