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MRSA prevalence and hospital-level antibiotic use: A retrospective study across 122 acute-care hospitals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2020
Abstract
We evaluated the relationship between local MRSA prevalence rates and antibiotic use across 122 VHA hospitals in 2016. Higher hospital-level MRSA prevalence was associated with significantly higher rates of antibiotic use, even after adjusting for case mix and stewardship strategies. Benchmarking anti-MRSA antibiotic use may need to adjust for MRSA prevalence.
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