Systematic review of isolation policies in the hospital management of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus: A review of the literature with epidemiological and economic modeling
Cooper BS., Stone SP., Kibbler CC., Cookson BD., Roberts JA., Medley GF., Duckworth GJ., Lai R., Ebrahim S.
<jats:p><jats:bold>Objectives:</jats:bold> This study reviewed the evidence for the effectiveness of different isolation policies and screening practices in reducing the incidence of methicillin-resistant <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus</jats:italic> (MRSA) colonization and infection in hospital inpatients in an effort to develop transmission models to study the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of isolation policies in controlling MRSA.</jats:p>