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Reduction of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection by Cohorting Patients in a Dedicated Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Shelley A. Gilroy ,
Barbara Miller Stahl ,
Charlotte Noonan ,
Rhonda Susman ,
Lynette Johnson ,
Mary Kullman ,
Kaye Barrington ,
James Turchik ,
Helen Mahoney-Clancy  and
Hadley J. Falk
Shelley A. Gilroy*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases at University Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Barbara Miller Stahl
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Charlotte Noonan
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Rhonda Susman
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Lynette Johnson
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Mary Kullman
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Kaye Barrington
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
James Turchik
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases at University Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Helen Mahoney-Clancy
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
Hadley J. Falk
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control, Nursing, and Surgery, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York
*
MD, 725 Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210 (gilroys@upstate.edu)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 203 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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