Martin E. Evans, MD, led the study, which launched in October 2007. The MRSA Prevention Initiative involved an MRSA prevention coordinator at each facility to implement:
• Universal active surveillance on admission, unit-to-unit transfer and discharge
• Contact precautions for those colonized or infected with MRSA
• Adherence to hand hygiene
• Institutional culture change
Researchers utilized monthly reports on MRSA nares screening, clinical culture data and patient movement data.
Here are five things to know:
1. Between October 2007 and September 2015, monthly HAI rates fell 87 percent in intensive care units.
2. Monthly HAI rates dropped 80.1 percent in non-ICUs.
3. In spinal cord injury units, the rate decreased 80.9 percent.
4. Researchers found the HAI rates fell 49.4 percent in long-term healthcare facilities between July 2009 and September 2015.
5. In September 2015, the study found only two MRSA HAIs in ICUs; 20 in non-ICUs and 31 in LTCFs across the nation.
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