When should contact precautions be discontinued for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

Publication date: 1 January 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 45, Issue 1
Author(s): Lauren E. Richey, Yumi Oh, Djeunou M. Tchamba, Michelle Engle, Linda S. Formby, Cassandra D. Salgado
When to discontinue contact precautions for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains unresolved and policies vary between hospitals. We prospectively performed admission active surveillance cultures on patients known to have been MRSA positive for at least 1 year to determine the proportion who remained positive. The proportion of patients with MRSA who remained positive was 19.9%; however, this significantly decreased over time, particularly after 5 years.



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