Updated recommendations for MRSA prevention in acute-care facilities suggest contact precautions for patients known to be infected are “essential,” although researchers argue data do not justify the recommendation.
In a recent paper, Daniel J. Diekema, MD, D(ABMM), professor at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and vice chair of research at the Maine Medical Center’s department of medicine, and colleagues wrote that there are currently no controlled trials supporting the broad use of contact precautions for MRSA prevention.
Healio spoke with Diekema further to