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The Role of Gowns in Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Gown Use in MRSA Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

J. Grant ,
L. Ramman-Haddad ,
N. Dendukuri  and
M. D. Libman
J. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, St. Mary's Hospital Centre, Montreal, Canada
L. Ramman-Haddad
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, St. Mary's Hospital Centre, Montreal, Canada
N. Dendukuri
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital Centre, Montreal, Canada
M. D. Libman*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, St. Mary's Hospital Centre, Montreal, Canada Infection Control Service, St. Mary's Hospital Centre, Montreal, Canada
*
Department of Microbiology, Montreal General Hospital, Room A5-165, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, CanadaH3G 1A4 (michael.libman@mcgill.ca)
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Abstract

During a 2-year period, a standard isolation protocol for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was compared with a similar protocol in which gowns were not used but the availability of alcohol-based hand disinfectant was increased. Intervention wards had 0.10 fewer new MRSA transmissions per ward per month, compared with control wards (P was not significant).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 191 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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