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Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Hospitals: What Is on Patient Hands and in Their Rooms?
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Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Hospitals: What Is on Patient Hands and in Their Rooms?

Lona Mody, Laraine L Washer, Keith S Kaye, Kristen Gibson, Sanjay Saint, Katherine Reyes, Marco Cassone, Julia Mantey, Jie Cao, Sarah Altamimi, …
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.69(11), pp.1837-1844
13/11/2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz092
PMID: 30980082

Abstract

acute care hospitals and Commentaries colonization contamination multidrug-resistant organisms new acquisition
In a prospective study of 399 hospital patients, we show that multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) on patient hands are common on admission and correlate with room contamination. New MDRO acquisition is frequent, suggesting a need to develop patient hand hygiene protocols in hospitals.
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