Figure 1 shows the study flow diagram. The box at the top left indicates that 610 studies were identified for potential inclusion, after searching the electronic databases. Following the flow diagram downward, 505 studies were excluded during title and abstract screening, while 105 studies were moved forward to full-text review. During full-text review, 99 studies were excluded. Thirty-five studies were excluded because they did not examine a relevant intervention, 23 studies did not use a comparator, 19 did not report an outcome of interest, 14 used study designs that were excluded, 4 examined pathogens that were not of interest, and 4 studies did not isolate the effect of surveillance. The final box at the bottom shows that six studies were included in the review. MRSA, CRE, and Clostridium difficile were each the subject of 2 studies.

Figure 1Results of the search and screening

C. difficile = Clostridioides difficile; CRE = carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

From: Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris

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