Evaluation of a protocol to control methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a surgical cardiac intensive care unit.

Introduction. MRSA is a major healthcare problem with particular relevance to morbidity and mortality in ICU (Byers & Decker 2008). Due to the increased infection risks associated with cardiac surgery, MRSA screening and surveillance is widely used as a standard preoperative Investigation In man...

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Main Author: Kindness, Karen.
Other Authors: Brysiewicz, Petra.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9055