Details:

Alternative Title:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/676861
Personal Author:
Knelson, Lauren P. ; Williams, David A. ; Gergen, Maria F. ; Rutala, William A. ; Weber, David J. ; ... More +
Knelson, Lauren P. ; Williams, David A. ; Gergen, Maria F. ; Rutala, William A. ; Weber, David J. ; Sexton, Daniel J. ; Anderson, Deverick J. ; Less -
Description:
A total of 1,023 environmental surfaces were sampled from 45 rooms with patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) before terminal room cleaning. Colonized patients had higher median total target colony-forming units (CFU) of MRSA or VRE than did infected patients (median, 25 CFU [interquartile range, 0-106 CFU] vs 0 CFU [interquartile range, 0-29 CFU]; P = .033).
Subject:
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Academic Medical Centers
Article
Colony Count, Microbial
Cross Infection
Housekeeping, Hospital
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Patients' Rooms
Staphylococcal Infections
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Source:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 35(7):872-875.
Pubmed ID:
24915217
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4219411
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Funding:
K23 AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; K23AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U54CK000164/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States ;
K23 AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; K23AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U54CK000164/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States ; Less -
Place as Subject:
North Carolina ;
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:01c59816d6c63f6e86354e658590055699ee2e38c3d91c2d8f4468bd3ea994ff
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