Healthcare personnel opinions regarding the feasibility of a risk-tailored approach to contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the acute care setting.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- O'Hara LM; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Harris AD; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Institute for Health Computing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Calfee DP; Department of Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.; Snyder GM; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Cottam J; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; O'Hara NN; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Martin EM; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Source
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8804099 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1559-6834 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0899823X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Subsets: MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
"All or none" approaches to the use of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) both fail to recognize that transmission risk varies. This qualitative study assessed healthcare personnel perspectives regarding the feasibility of a risk-tailored approach to use contact precautions for MRSA more strategically in the acute care setting.