The role of gowns in preventing nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): gown use in MRSA control.
During a 2-year period, a standard isolation protocol for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was compared with a similar protocol in which gowns were not used but the availability of alcohol-based hand disinfectant was increased. Intervention wards had 0.10 fewer new MRSA transmissions per ward per month, compared with control wards (P was not significant).
Grant
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Department of Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Ramman-Haddad
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Dendukuri
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Libman
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011481:Protective Clothing / Q000382:microbiology*; D011792:Quebec; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014481:United States