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Evidence of delays in transferring patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant
E A Bryce1, S M Tiffin, J L Isaac-Renton
1Division of Medical Microbiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, British Columbia, Canada.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|April 27, 2000
Abstract:
This retrospective case-control study examined whether there was a difference in length of time awaiting long-term-care placement for patients identified as having methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus compared to controls. Thirty-nine patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus waited for placement an average of 61 days longer than controls (P<.0002). The average number of requests for placement was 2.5 compared to 1.7 for controls (P=.015).