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 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.
Rymzhanova
Raouchan
R
Service d'Hygiène hospitalière et d'Epidémiologie moléculaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Besançon, Université de Franche-Comté, France.
Thouverez
Michelle
M
Talon
Daniel
D
Bertrand
Xavier
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D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors