[Control of methicillin resistant staphylococci at the Sahlgrenska hospital. Successful control program against MRSA outbreak].
In 1998-1999 a strain of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infected 147 patients in 40 out of 160 ward units at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg. The strain originated from a patient who had been treated in a hospital in Cyprus. In order to control this outbreak a plan of action was decided upon and carried out, including extensive information to the hospital staff, screening for carriers, and establishing a hospital infection control committee. Furthermore, a policy for screening all patients readmitted to the hospital was established in November 1999. This screening could be discontinued on July 1, 2001.
Haglind
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Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg. eva.haglind@vgregion.se
Brantervik
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Friman
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Jertborn
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Rödjer
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Seeberg
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010359:Patient Readmission; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
Bekämpningen av meticillinresistenta stafylokocker på Sahlgrenska. Framgångsrikt kontrollprogram har hävt MRSA-utbrottet.