1. Implementation of an intensified infection control program to reduce MRSA transmissions in a German tertiary care hospital 
Matthias Trautmann, MD, Angela Pollitt, RN, MPH, Ulrike Loh, RN, Iris Synowzik, RN, Wolfgang Reiter, MD, Jens Stecher, MD, Michael Rohs, MD, Ulrich May, MD, Elisabeth Meyer, MD 
American Journal of Infection Control 
Volume 35, Issue 10, Pages (December 2007)
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2. Fig 1
Time course of newly identified MRSA cases over 11 years ( ) at Katharinenhospital, Stuttgart.
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3. Fig 2
Differentiation between imported and nosocomial MRSA cases since The boxes within the columns denote the transmission index, which is the ratio between secondary and imported cases. P value: chi-square test.
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4. Fig 3
MRSA epidemiology in the surgical (SICU) and medical (MICU) ICUs. (A) MRSA rate per 100 S aureus–positive patients. (B) MRSA incidence per 1000 patient days. P values: chi-square test.
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5. Fig 4
Incidence per 1000 device days of device-associated MRSA infections on the medical and surgical ICUs (combined). The reduction of MRSA septicemia incidence between 2002 and was significant (P < .0125).
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