Usefulness of Weekly Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening

We evaluated the usefulness of adding weekly methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening to our established admission screening and clinical sampling in 4 acute care units of a university hospital. Our results suggest that weekly MRSA screening allows the detection of 56.1% of all c...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2009-11, Vol.30 (11), p.1113-1115
Main Authors: Rymzhanova, Raouchan, Thouverez, Michelle, Talon, Daniel, Bertrand, Xavier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Carrier State
Carrier State - diagnosis
Carrier State - epidemiology
Carrier State - prevention & control
Concise Communication
Cross Infection
Cross Infection - diagnosis
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Hospital admissions
Hospital Units
Hospital Units - statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization
Hospitals, University
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infection Control
Infection Control - methods
Infections
Infectious diseases
Intensive care units
Length of stay
Life Sciences
Mass Screening
Mass Screening - methods
Medical sciences
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Microbiology and Parasitology
Miscellaneous
Nursing
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Santé publique et épidémiologie
Screening tests
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
Surgical specialties
Time Factors
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Summary:We evaluated the usefulness of adding weekly methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening to our established admission screening and clinical sampling in 4 acute care units of a university hospital. Our results suggest that weekly MRSA screening allows the detection of 56.1% of all cases of hospital‐acquired MRSA carriage. These cases would have remained undetected had admission screening and clinical sampling been the only types of surveillance in place.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/644753