Suspending Use of Contact Precautions in Patients Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Level III Neonatal ICU and Its Effects on Rates of Transmission
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2173. Suspending Use of Contact Precautions in Patients Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Level III Neonatal ICU and Its Effects on Rates of Transmission Tiffany Dogan, MPH, CIC; Alexandra Hayward, MPH; Sreelatha Ponnaluri-Wears, MPH, CIC; Elizabeth Lloyd, MD; Amanda Valyko, MPH, CIC and Terri Stillwell, MD; Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Pediatics, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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