Estimating the effectiveness of isolation and decolonization measures in reducing transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospital general wards.

• Main Authors: Worby, Colin J., Jeyaratnam, Dakshika, Robotham, Julie V., Kypraios, Theodore, O’Neill, Philip D., Angelis, Daniela De, French, Gary, Cooper, Ben S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Bayesian inference; Data augmentation; Infection control; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Patient isolation; Open Access article
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/836
• Institution: Mahidol University

Infection control for hospital pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) often takes the form of a package of interventions, including the use of patient isolation and decolonization treatment. Such interventions, though widely used, have generated controversy because...