The Role of Gowns in Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Gown Use in MRSA Control

During a 2‐year period, a standard isolation protocol for control of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus was compared with a similar protocol in which gowns were not used but the availability of alcohol‐based hand disinfectant was increased. Intervention wards had 0.10 fewer new MRSA transmissions per ward per month, compared with control wards (P was not significant).