title: Successful Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections revisited.
abstract: In 2011 Jain et al reported a 62% reduction of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections that resulted from an intervention bundle. Here we present a mathematical model and prove, using parameters from the study by Jain et al, that the universal screen and isolate strategy can have contributed only marginally to the reduction in infections.
authors.affiliation: Julius Center for Health Research and Primary Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gurieva
authors.forename: Martin C J
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bootsma
authors.forename: Marc J M
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bonten
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans