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Effect of Cessation of Contact Isolation for Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

Mark E. Rupp ,
Teresa Fitzgerald ,
Kim Hayes ,
Trevor Van Schooneveld ,
Angela Hewlett ,
Ryan Clevenger  and
Elizabeth Lyden
Mark E. Rupp*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Teresa Fitzgerald
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Kim Hayes
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Trevor Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Angela Hewlett
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Ryan Clevenger
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Elizabeth Lyden
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
*
Address correspondence to Mark E. Rupp, MD, 985400 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5400 (merupp@unmc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 8 , August 2017 , pp. 1005 - 1007
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. This work was presented at the 5th Annual IDWeek on October 27, 2016, in New Orleans, Louisiana (Abstract 277).

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