Publications by authors named "James P Viviano"

Article Synopsis
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a significant cause of healthcare-associated infections, leading to traditional contact isolation practices that are now being reevaluated.
  • A study at a university hospital over 68 months examined MRSA infection rates before and after stopping contact isolation, analyzing various infection types using statistical methods.
  • Results showed no significant increase in MRSA infection rates post-isolation discontinuation, while annual savings from reduced isolation costs amounted to $139,228.
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Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is frequently implicated in health care-associated outbreaks in burn intensive care units, incurring substantial morbidity and mortality to these high-risk patients and excess costs to health care systems.

Methods: MRSA health care-associated infections (HAIs) were noted before and after the implementation of basic infection prevention measures and the subsequent implementation of universal decolonization with intranasal mupirocin. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to determine the relatedness of clinical isolates.

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