Efficacy and Limitation of a Chlorhexidine‐Based Decolonization Strategy in Preventing Transmission of Methicillin‐Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in an Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

A chlorhexidine-based surface antiseptic protocol can interrupt transmission of MRSA in the intensive care unit, but strains carrying qacA/B genes may be unaffected or potentially spread more rapidly.