ND-0423 · 2007 · Other
Single rooms may help to prevent nosocomial bloodstream infection and cross-transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units
Bracco, Dubois, Bouali et al. Intensive Care Medicine. 2007.
doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0559-5 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Single rooms lowered MRSA, Pseudomonas and Candida acquisition (RR .65, .61, .75).
Design questions and applications
Use single rooms where infection risk is high and MRSA is not hyperendemic.
Field
Hospitals and psychiatric care
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card bracco-2007-single-rooms) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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