What If We Don't? A Retrospective Review of Standard Precautions for MRSA.

With cessation of contact precautions for MRSA infections, there was no change in bloodstream MRSA standardized infection ratios across a large health system. While standardized infection ratios would not detect asymptomatic horizontal transmission of a pathogen, it is reassuring that bloodstream infections - a known complication of MRSA colonization status - did not rise with cessation of contact precautions.