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Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019

Research

Effects of Antibiotic Cycling Policy on Incidence of Healthcare-Associated MRSA and Clostridioides difficile Infection in Secondary Healthcare Settings

Geraldine Mary Conlon-Bingham1Comments to Author , Mamoon Aldeyab, Michael Scott, Mary Patricia Kearney, David Farren, Fiona Gilmore, and James McElnay
Author affiliations: Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (G.M. Conlon-Bingham, J. McElnay); Antrim Hospital, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK (M. Aldeyab); Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK (M. Aldeyab); Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Antrim (M. Scott, M.P. Kearney, D. Farren, F. Gilmore)

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Figure 4

Incidence of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A), healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection (B), and new extended-spectrum β-lactamase (C) cases throughout preintervention (November 2011–September 2013), intervention (October 2013–September 2015), and postintervention (October 15–September 2016) periods in Antrim Area Hospital and Causeway Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK. Black lines, Antrim Area Hospital; grey lines, Causeway Hospital. Incidence is n

Figure 4. Incidence of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (A), healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection (B), and new extended-spectrum β-lactamase (C) cases throughout preintervention (November 2011–September 2013), intervention (October 2013–September 2015), and postintervention (October 15–September 2016) periods in Antrim Area Hospital and Causeway Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK. Black lines, Antrim Area Hospital; gray lines, Causeway Hospital. Incidence is number of cases per 100 occupied bed days.

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1Current affiliation: Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, UK.

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