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Article: Are there regional variations in the diagnosis surveillance, and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

TitleAre there regional variations in the diagnosis surveillance, and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
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Issue Date2003
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ICHE/home.html
Citation
Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology, 2003, v. 24 n. 5, p. 334-341 How to Cite?
AbstractOBJECTIVE: To assess the way healthcare facilities (HCFs) diagnose, survey, and control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). DESIGN: Questionnaire. SETTING: Ninety HCFs in 30 countries. RESULTS: Evaluation of susceptibility testing methods showed that 8 laboratories (9%) used oxacillin disks with antimicrobial content different from the one recommended, 12 (13%) did not determine MRSA susceptibility to vancomycin, and 4 (4.5%) reported instances of isolation of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus but neither confirmed this resistance nor alerted public health authorities. A MRSA control program was reported by 55 (61.1%) of the HCFs. The following isolation precautions were routinely used: hospitalization in a private room (34.4%), wearing of gloves (62.2%), wearing of gowns (44.4%), hand washing by healthcare workers (53.3%), use of an isolation sign on the patient's door (43%), or all four. When the characteristics of HCFs with low incidence rates (< 0.4 per 1,000 patient-days) were compared with those of HCFs with high incidence rates (≥ 0.4 per 1,000 patient-days), having a higher mean number of beds per infection control nurse was the only factor significantly associated with HCFs with high incidence rates (834 vs 318 beds; P = .02). CONCLUSION: Our results emphasize the urgent need to strengthen the microbiologic and epidemiologic capacities of HCFs worldwide to prevent MRSA transmission and to prepare them to address the possible emergence of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus.
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dc.date.accessioned2012-08-08T08:49:17Z-
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dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.identifier.citationInfection Control And Hospital Epidemiology, 2003, v. 24 n. 5, p. 334-341en_US
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dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To assess the way healthcare facilities (HCFs) diagnose, survey, and control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). DESIGN: Questionnaire. SETTING: Ninety HCFs in 30 countries. RESULTS: Evaluation of susceptibility testing methods showed that 8 laboratories (9%) used oxacillin disks with antimicrobial content different from the one recommended, 12 (13%) did not determine MRSA susceptibility to vancomycin, and 4 (4.5%) reported instances of isolation of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus but neither confirmed this resistance nor alerted public health authorities. A MRSA control program was reported by 55 (61.1%) of the HCFs. The following isolation precautions were routinely used: hospitalization in a private room (34.4%), wearing of gloves (62.2%), wearing of gowns (44.4%), hand washing by healthcare workers (53.3%), use of an isolation sign on the patient's door (43%), or all four. When the characteristics of HCFs with low incidence rates (< 0.4 per 1,000 patient-days) were compared with those of HCFs with high incidence rates (≥ 0.4 per 1,000 patient-days), having a higher mean number of beds per infection control nurse was the only factor significantly associated with HCFs with high incidence rates (834 vs 318 beds; P = .02). CONCLUSION: Our results emphasize the urgent need to strengthen the microbiologic and epidemiologic capacities of HCFs worldwide to prevent MRSA transmission and to prepare them to address the possible emergence of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus.en_US
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dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ICHE/home.htmlen_US
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dc.subject.meshCross Infection - Diagnosis - Epidemiology - Microbiology - Prevention & Controlen_US
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Publicen_US
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Teachingen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInfection Control - Methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshMethicillin Resistanceen_US
dc.subject.meshMicrobial Sensitivity Testsen_US
dc.subject.meshSentinel Surveillanceen_US
dc.subject.meshStaphylococcal Infections - Diagnosis - Epidemiology - Microbiology - Prevention & Controlen_US
dc.subject.meshStaphylococcus Aureus - Drug Effects - Isolation & Purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshVancomycin Resistanceen_US
dc.subject.meshWorld Healthen_US
dc.titleAre there regional variations in the diagnosis surveillance, and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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