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Development of a Prediction Rule for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Carriage in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stefan Riedel ,
Diana Von Stein ,
Kelly Richardson ,
Joann Page ,
Sara Miller ,
Patricia Winokur  and
Daniel Diekema
Stefan Riedel
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Diana Von Stein
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Kelly Richardson
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Joann Page
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
Sara Miller
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
Patricia Winokur
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Daniel Diekema*
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
*
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, IA 52242 (daniel-diekema@uiowa.edu)
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Abstract

A history of hospital admission in the prior year was the most sensitive predictor of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization at admission to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) but missed more than one-third of carriers and required screening more than one-half of admitted patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2008 , pp. 969 - 971
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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