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Healthcare personnel opinions regarding the feasibility of a risk-tailored approach to contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the acute care setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2024

Lyndsay M. O’Hara ,
Anthony D. Harris ,
David P. Calfee Open the ORCID record for David P. Calfee [Opens in a new window] ,
Graham M. Snyder Open the ORCID record for Graham M. Snyder [Opens in a new window] ,
James Cottam Open the ORCID record for James Cottam [Opens in a new window] ,
Nathan N. O’Hara Open the ORCID record for Nathan N. O’Hara [Opens in a new window]  and
Elise M. Martin Open the ORCID record for Elise M. Martin [Opens in a new window]
Lyndsay M. O’Hara*
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Anthony D. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Institute for Health Computing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
David P. Calfee
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Graham M. Snyder
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
James Cottam
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Nathan N. O’Hara
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Elise M. Martin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Corresponding author: Lyndsay M. O’Hara; Email: lohara@som.umaryland.edu
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Abstract

“All or none” approaches to the use of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) both fail to recognize that transmission risk varies. This qualitative study assessed healthcare personnel perspectives regarding the feasibility of a risk-tailored approach to use contact precautions for MRSA more strategically in the acute care setting.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 45 , Issue 7 , July 2024 , pp. 900 - 902
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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