title: The role of gowns in preventing nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): gown use in MRSA control.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramman-Haddad
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dendukuri
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Libman
mesh_terms: 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