Conference
Modeling Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Among Patients Admitted to a Hospital
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of the screening test, nursing workload, handwashing rates, and dependence of handwashing on risk level of patient visit on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission among hospitalized patients.
SETTING: General medical ward.
Authors
Raboud J; Saskin R; Simor A; Loeb M; Green K; Low DE; McGeer A
Volume
26
Pagination
pp. 607-615
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
July 2005
DOI
10.1086/502589
Conference proceedings
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Issue
7
ISSN
0899-823X
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Cost-Benefit AnalysisCross InfectionDisease Transmission, InfectiousHand DisinfectionHospitalizationHumansInfection ControlMass ScreeningMethicillin ResistanceModels, StatisticalMonte Carlo MethodNursing Staff, HospitalOntarioPrevalenceRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificityStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusWorkload