Preventing hospital-associated infection: MRSA.
By understanding the preventive strategies associated with reducing HA-MRSA transmission, the medical-surgical nurse can impact mortality rates and health care costs. He or she should model and enforce adherence to prevention strategies, such as hand hygiene, contact isolation, and other evidence-based strategies.
Baylor University Medical Center, Desoto, TX, USA.
Marcella
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Upshaw-Owens
Catherine A
CA
Bailey
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States