Decolonization of patients and health care workers to control nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus:a simulation study

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[2] Whitehouse T(2008)Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients J Am Med Asso 299 1149-1157

[3] Cooper B(2010)Decolonization therapy in infection control Curr Opin Infect Dis 23 340-345

[4] Hails J(2004)Isolation measures in the hospital management of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): systematic review of the literature Br Med J 329 533-652

[5] Jones K(2006)Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices Lancet Infect Dis 6 641-1312

[6] Kwaku F(2000)Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. Infection Control Programme Lancet 356 1307-301

[7] Taylor L(2008)Health-care workers: source, vector, or victim of MRSA? Lancet Infect Dis 8 289-930

[8] Hayman S(2009)Eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage: a systematic review Clin Infect Dis 48 922-45

[9] Cookson B(2006)Mathematical modelling: a tool for hospital infection control Lancet Infect Dis 6 39-5625

[10] Shaw S(2006)Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Quantifying the effects of interventions and rapid diagnostic testing Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 5620-31

[1] Cepeda JA(2005)Isolation of patients in single rooms or cohorts to reduce spread of MRSA in intensive-care units: prospective two-centre study Lancet 365 295-304

[2] Whitehouse T(2008)Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients J Am Med Asso 299 1149-1157

[3] Cooper B(2010)Decolonization therapy in infection control Curr Opin Infect Dis 23 340-345

[4] Hails J(2004)Isolation measures in the hospital management of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): systematic review of the literature Br Med J 329 533-652

[5] Jones K(2006)Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices Lancet Infect Dis 6 641-1312

[6] Kwaku F(2000)Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene. Infection Control Programme Lancet 356 1307-301

[7] Taylor L(2008)Health-care workers: source, vector, or victim of MRSA? Lancet Infect Dis 8 289-930

[8] Hayman S(2009)Eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage: a systematic review Clin Infect Dis 48 922-45

[9] Cookson B(2006)Mathematical modelling: a tool for hospital infection control Lancet Infect Dis 6 39-5625

[10] Shaw S(2006)Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Quantifying the effects of interventions and rapid diagnostic testing Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 5620-31