MRSA Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Health-care Workers in Non-outbreak Situations in the Dutch-German EUREGIO

MRSA Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Health-care Workers in Non-outbreak Situations in the Dutch-German EUREGIO

Preventing the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities is a major infection control target. However, only a few studies have assessed the potential role of healthcare workers (HCWs) for MRSA dissemination. To investigate the MRSA prevalence and the risk...

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Main Authors: Ricarda Sassmannshausen, Ruud H. Deurenberg, Robin Köck, Ron Hendrix, Annette Jurke, John W. A. Rossen, Alexander Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
MRSA
Decolonization
staff
Personnel
EurSafety Health-net
MRSA risk factors
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01273/full

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