Costs and Benefits Associated with the MRSA Search and Destroy Policy in a Hospital in the Region Kennemerland, The Netherlands

• Dennis Souverein ,

  * E-mail: d.souverein@streeklabhaarlem.nl

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the Netherlands

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• Patricia Houtman,

  Affiliation Department of Infection Control, Kennemer Gasthuis, Haarlem, The Netherlands

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• Sjoerd M. Euser,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the Netherlands

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• Bjorn L. Herpers,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the Netherlands

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• Jan Kluytmans,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, and University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Jeroen W. Den Boer

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Regional Public Health Laboratory Kennemerland, Haarlem, the Netherlands

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