Systematic decolonization of nursing home patients reduced hospitalizations and infections (SHIELD-OC)
About half of nursing home residents and 80% of patients in long term acute care hospital (LTACH) patients are colonized with multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs). The rate is 10-15% in most acute care hospitals. The spread of MDROs through health care environments seems like an unstoppable force, but a new study provides encouraging proof the tide can…
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