title: [General screening on ICUs - the key for an effective MRSA prevention?].
abstract: The recommendations of the German Robert Koch Institute, concerning microbiological screening of newly admitted hospital patients for MRSA colonization, referred to specific risk groups such as patients admitted from long-term care facilities. New literature data indicate that a general MRSA screening policy of all incoming patients may be a cost-effective measure in intensive care units of large tertiary care hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Krankenhaushygiene, Klinikum Stuttgart.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trautmann
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D016635:Universal Precautions