Dramatic results achieved with MRSA initiative.
Program achieves 60% reduction in MRSA in one year, 80% in bloodstream infections. All hospital patients are swabbed, infected patients are isolated. Education efforts continued even after program was launched.
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007318:Inservice Training; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010356:Patient Isolation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology