%0 Journal Article %1 wenzel_screening_2008 %A Wenzel, Richard P %A Bearman, Gonzalo %A Edmond, Michael B %D 2008 %J Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America %K Control, Cross Hospitals, Humans, Infection Infection, Infections, Methicillin Resistance Resistance, Staphylococcal Staphylococcus States, United Vancomycin aureus, {Methicillin-Resistant} %N 11 %P 1012--1018 %R 10.1086/593120 %T Screening for MRSA: a flawed hospital infection control intervention %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18937571 %V 29 %X Focusing hospital resources on a single antibiotic-resistant pathogen as a sole approach to infection control is inherently flawed. We applied attributable mortality principles to a basic model of bloodstream infections to outline the argument. Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus alone made sense in the 1980s, but the ongoing emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and antibiotic-resistant strains of gram-negative rods and Candida species, as well as the recognition of the value of team-based infection control programs, support a population-based approach.

@article{wenzel_screening_2008, abstract = {Focusing hospital resources on a single antibiotic-resistant pathogen as a sole approach to infection control is inherently flawed. We applied attributable mortality principles to a basic model of bloodstream infections to outline the argument. Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus alone made sense in the 1980s, but the ongoing emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and antibiotic-resistant strains of gram-negative rods and Candida species, as well as the recognition of the value of team-based infection control programs, support a population-based approach.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Wenzel, Richard P and Bearman, Gonzalo and Edmond, Michael B}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/271cd8d0880555ad41cc0447d4312224f/jelias}, doi = {10.1086/593120}, interhash = {649630ad51d77b9a5fff0f3fedb2950a}, intrahash = {71cd8d0880555ad41cc0447d4312224f}, issn = {1559-6834}, journal = {Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America}, keywords = {Control, Cross Hospitals, Humans, Infection Infection, Infections, Methicillin Resistance Resistance, Staphylococcal Staphylococcus States, United Vancomycin aureus, {Methicillin-Resistant}}, month = nov, note = {{PMID:} 18937571}, number = 11, pages = {1012--1018}, shorttitle = {Screening for {MRSA}}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:43.000+0100}, title = {Screening for {MRSA:} a flawed hospital infection control intervention}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18937571}, volume = 29, year = 2008 }