Does the removal of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE infected patients change health care-associated infection rate?: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Robert Kleyman; Sophia Cupril-Nilson; Kent Robinson; Shaival Thakore; Furqan Haq; Liwei Chen; Olugbenga Oyesanmi; Kimberly Browning; Joseph Pino; Rahul Mhaskar

doi:10.1016/J.AJIC.2020.11.020

Does the removal of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE infected patients change health care-associated infection rate?: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Robert Kleyman
, Sophia Cupril-Nilson
, Kent Robinson
, Shaival Thakore
, Furqan Haq
, Liwei Chen
, Olugbenga Oyesanmi
, Kimberly Browning
, Joseph Pino
, Rahul Mhaskar

HCA Healthcare

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, Graduate Medical Education, HCA West Division, Hudson, FL
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, HCA West Division, Hudson, FL
University of South Florida

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Original language	American English
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AJIC.2020.11.020
State	Published - Dec 1 2020

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Kleyman, R., Cupril-Nilson, S., Robinson, K., Thakore, S., Haq, F., Chen, L., Oyesanmi, O., Browning, K., Pino, J., & Mhaskar, R. (2020). Does the removal of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE infected patients change health care-associated infection rate?: A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Infection Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AJIC.2020.11.020

Kleyman, R, Cupril-Nilson, S, Robinson, K, Thakore, S, Haq, F, Chen, L, Oyesanmi, O, Browning, K, Pino, J & Mhaskar, R 2020, 'Does the removal of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE infected patients change health care-associated infection rate?: A systematic review and meta-analysis.', American Journal of Infection Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AJIC.2020.11.020

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