title: Preemptive Isolation Precautions of Patients at High Risk for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Combination With Ultrarapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Screening as an Effective Tool for Infection Control.
abstract: This sequential nonrandomized intervention study investigated the role of preemptive isolation precautions plus ultrarapid polymerase chain reaction screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Compared with no prophylactic isolation plus conventional microbiology MRSA screening, nosocomial MRSA colonization and total MRSA incidence per 10,000 patient days significantly decreased. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1489-1491.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery,Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin,Trauma Center,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Ghias
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hallak
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité-Mitte,Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neuner
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Intensive Care Medicine,University of Bern,Inselspital,Bern,Switzerland.
authors.forename: Joerg C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Schefold
authors.affiliation: 5Institute of Laboratory Medicine,Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gorzelniak
authors.affiliation: 5Institute of Laboratory Medicine,Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rapsch
authors.affiliation: 6Medizinisch-Diagnostische Institute Berlin,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfüller
authors.affiliation: 7Clinical Research Center,Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stengel
authors.affiliation: 8Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine,University of Münster,Münster,Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wellmann
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery,Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin,Trauma Center,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekkernkamp
authors.affiliation: 9Institute of Laboratory Medicine,Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry,Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and Labor Berlin,Berlin,Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005858:Germany; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*