The staged roll-out of an MRSA intervention bundle in Signapore featuring universal active surveillance
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Methods Between 2006 and 2010, universal active surveillance (on admission and discharge), isolation/cohorting, data feedback loops and standardised hand hygiene (HH) audits were rolled out in a stepwise fashion across NUH. A comprehensive hand hygiene programme was institutionalised. MRSA acquisition was defined as having a positive exit swab yet negative entry and no known previous MRSA. Ward specific HH compliance and acquisition rates were fed back via public displays on each ward monthly.
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