Editor's Note
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates have declined significantly over 8 years with the Veterans Affairs MRSA Prevention Initiative, this study finds.
Between 2007 and 2015, MRSA HAI rates fell:
In the ICUs, nondevice bloodstream infection rates fell significantly faster than those not associated with a central line, suggesting that the declines were not solely because of a formalized approach to placing and maintaining central line intravascular catheter’s, the authors say.
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