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NorthShore MRSA Program<br />

Began on August 1, 2005<br />

• Observational study in a 3-hospital, 850-bed<br />

organization with 40,000 annual admissions<br />

comparing rates of MRSA clinical disease<br />

during and 30 days after hospital admission<br />

• Real-time PCR-based nasal surveillance for<br />

MRSA followed by topical decolonization<br />

therapy and contact isolation of patients who<br />

tested positive for MRSA

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