Table 5. Results of the point prevalence study; 148 patients with MRSA were present in 30 hospitals on the day of the study (out of 35 validation hospitals).

Parameter	Number (n = 148)	Percentage
Patient found in individual isolation	118	79.70%
Patient found in cohort isolation	7	4.70%
Gowned gloved care observed	9	6.10%
No measure in place	14	9.50%
MRSA identified by
admission screening*	79	48.20%
other screening	16	9.80%
communication from the previously treating hospital	11	6.70%
clinical examination	51	31.10%
alert system	7	4.30%
Decolonization
None	32	21.60%
Decolonization procedures carried out	116	78.40%

^*subsumes screening of known MRSA patients, risk-factor-based screening, and general screening