Association Between Contact Precautions and Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Veterans Affairs Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The effectiveness and importance of contact precautions for endemic pathogens has long been debated, and their use has broad implications for infection control of other pathogens.

Objective

To estimate the association between contact precautions and transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) across US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used mathematical models applied to data from a population-based sample of adults hospitalized in 108 VA acute care hospitals for at least 24 hours from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2017. Data were analyzed from May 2, 2019, to December 11, 2020.

Exposures

A positive MRSA test result, presumed to indicate contact p

SUBMITTER: Khader K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961311 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature