Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection

S. Huang, Susan; Septimus, Edward; Kleinman, Ken; Moody, Julia; Hickok, Jason; R. Avery, Taliser; Lankiewicz, Julie; Gombosev, Adrijana; Terpstra, Leah; Hartford, Fallon; K. Hayden, Mary; A. Jernigan, John; A. Weinstein, Robert; J. Fraser, Victoria; Haffenreffer, Katherine; Cui, Eric; E. Kaganov, Rebecca; Lolans, Karen; B. Perlin, Jonathan; Platt, Richard

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1207290

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Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • May 29, 2013

Authors:

Susan S. Huang

Edward Septimus

Ken Kleinman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Both targeted decolonization and universal decolonization of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are candidate strategies to prevent health care-associated infections, particularly those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). METHODS: We conducted a pragmatic, ...

Subject

Decolonization

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Medicine

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