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

Autori
Richet, H.M. ; Benbachir, M. ; Brown, D.E. ; Giamarellou, H. ; Gould, I. ; Gubina, M. ; Heczko, P. ; Kalenić, Smilja ; Pana, M. ; Pittet, D. ; Redjeb, S.B. ; Schindler, J. ; Starling, C. ; Struelens, M.J. ; Witte, W. ; Jarvis, W.R. ; ... ; Benčić, Ivan ; Kučišec-Tepeš, Nastja ; Škrlin, J. ; Sušić, E. ; Tomić, M. ; ... ; Trilla, A.

Izvornik
Infection control and hospital epidemiology (0899-823X) 24 (2003), 5; 334-341

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
MRSA; infection control; surveillance

Sažetak
Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. OBJECTIVE: 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 (> or = 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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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