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Identification and Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Results of a National Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Aaron M. Milstone ,
Xiaoyan Song ,
Susan Coffin ,
Alexis Elward  and
for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America's Pediatric Special Interest Group
Aaron M. Milstone*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Xiaoyan Song
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Susan Coffin
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alexis Elward
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Washington Universityin St. Louis, Missouri
*
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Rubenstein 3141, Baltimore, MD 21287 (amilstol@jhmi.edu)
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We surveyed members of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America to assess current practice with regard to identifying and eradicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Although most respondents (86%) screened patients for MRSA colonization, variation existed in the number of anatomic sites sampled and in the use of culture at NICU admission, empirical institution of isolation precautions, and MRSA decolonization therapy. Evidence-based prevention strategies for MRSA transmission and infection are needed.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 7 , July 2010 , pp. 766 - 768
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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