Improving Efficiency in Active Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> or Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus</i> at Hospital Admission

J. Morgan, Daniel; Day, Hannah; P. Furuno, Jon; Young, Atlisa; Kristie Johnson, J.; D. Bradham, Douglas; N. Perencevich, Eli

doi:10.1086/657335

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Improving Efficiency in Active Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus at Hospital Admission

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • Oct 28, 2010

Authors:

Daniel J. Morgan

Hannah Day

Jon P. Furuno

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Mandatory active surveillance culturing of all patients admitted to Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals carries substantial economic costs. Clinical prediction rules have been used elsewhere to identify patients at high risk of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MR...

Subject

Medicine

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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