2080 Implementing and evaluating an evidence-based intervention from the intensive care unit (ICU) setting into primary care using promotoras to reduce CA-MRSA recurrence and household transmission
Abstract:OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) recurrence ranges from 16% to 43% and presents significant challenges to clinicians, patients, and families. This comparative effectiveness research study aims to disseminate, implement and evaluate whether an existing intervention, consisting of decolonization and decontamination procedures, which has been determined to be effective in hospital intensive care unit settin… Show more
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