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