Incidence and prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among healthcare workers in geriatric departments: relevance to preventive measures.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcs aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage was assessed among healthcare workers caring for elderly patients in contact precautions in geriatric departments. Monthly incidence ranged from 0% to 3.3%. Carriage was observed only among nurses and nursing assistants. MRSA was thus infrequently acquired using precautions and carriage was usually transient.
Scarnato
Fabien
F
Equipe de Médicine et Santé au Travail, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, France.
Mallaret
Marie Reine
MR
Croizé
Jacques
J
Kouabenan
Dongo Rémi
DR
Dubois
Michel
M
Maitre
Anne
A
DeGaudemaris
Régis
R
D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006282:Health Personnel; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*