title: Comparison of Environmental MRSA Levels on High-Touch Surfaces in Contact Isolation and Noncontact Isolation Patient Rooms.
abstract: Environmental samples were collected from 100 hospital rooms, 32 noncontact rooms, and 68 contact isolation rooms. We isolated 202 and 1,830 MRSA colonies in noncontact and contact isolation rooms, respectively. The study identified MRSA isolates in hospital rooms of patients without colonization or infection with MRSA. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(12):1472-1475.
authors: 1Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple,Texas.
authors: Frank C
authors: FC
authors: Villamaria
authors: 1Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple,Texas.
authors: Gemma
authors: G
authors: Berlanga
authors: 1Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple,Texas.
authors: I-Chia
authors: IC
authors: Liao
authors: 1Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple,Texas.
authors: Nagaraja
authors: N
authors: Ganachari-Mallappa
authors: 3Center for Applied Health Research,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System with Baylor Scott & White Health,Temple,Texas.
authors: Eileen M
authors: EM
authors: Stock
authors: 1Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple,Texas.
authors: John E
authors: JE
authors: Zeber
authors: 1Department of Medicine,Central Texas Veterans Health Care System,Temple,Texas.
authors: Chetan
authors: C
authors: Jinadatha
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D055819:Hospitals, Isolation; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs