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TABLE 2.

MRSA acquisition data for patients with and without decolonization

Period	% of patients MRSA positive at admission	No. of patients eligible for acquiring MRSA	Patients who acquired MRSA			Eligible patient-days	Acquisition/1,000 eligible patient-days
Period	% of patients MRSA positive at admission	No. of patients eligible for acquiring MRSA	No.	%	P^a	Eligible patient-days	No.	P^a
No decolonization of medical patients	6.7	9,415	97	1.0	0.04	47,784	2.0	0.06
Decolonization of medical patients	6.0	6,251	87	1.4	0.04	32,298	2.7	0.06
Total	6.5	15,666	184	1.2		80,082	2.3

P value for no decolonization versus decolonization.