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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Intervention ICUs had a decrease in the primary outcome of MRSA or VRE from 21. 35 acquisitions per 1000 patient-days (95 % CI, 17. 57 to 25. 94) in the baseline period to 16. 91 acquisitions per 1000 patient-days (95 % CI, 14. 09 to 20. 28) in the study period, whereas control ICUs had a decrease in MRSA or VRE from 19. 02 acquisitions per 1000 patient-days (95 % CI, 14. 20 to 25. 49) in the baseline period to 16. 29 acquisitions per 1000 patient-days (95 % CI, 13. 48 to 19. 68) in the study period, a difference in changes that was not statistically significant (difference, 1. 71 acquisitions per 1000 person-days, 95 % CI, 6. 15 to 2. 73 ; P =. 57).