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D Héquet1, V Rousson2, D S Blanc3
1Cantonal Unit for Infection Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Lausanne, Switzerland; Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
In 2010-11, a trial conducted in nursing homes showed no benefit of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) universal screening and decolonization over standard precautions to reduce the prevalence of MRSA carriage. Accordingly, no routine screening was performed from 2012. A five-year follow-up shows no new evidence supporting the intervention. Recommendations issued after trial (no screening and decolonization of MRSA residents) were retained.
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