MRSA control data poor but advice sticks.

METHICILLIN resistance; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; INFECTION prevention; HOSPITAL disinfection; HOSPITAL sanitation; VOSS, Andreas

LONDON (England); ENGLAND; NETHERLANDS

Provides information on a research on the effectiveness of isolation measures in reducing methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in hospitals from 1996 to 2000 coordinated by a team from the Royal Free Hospital in London, England. Advice on the practice of infection control in hospitals; Views of Andreas Voss, professor of infection control at the University Medical Center in Netherlands, on the efficacy of infection control.