A recent study demonstrated that health care personnel compliance with MRSA precautions is low (Afif et al., 2002). MRSA precautions include use of gloves, gowns, and scrupulous hand hygiene for ...
If clinical cultures indicated MRSA colonization, contact precautions were instituted, but decolonization was not attempted. During phase 2 (12 months), all patients admitted to ICUs were assessed ...