An effective active surveillance method for controlling nosocomial MRSA transmission in a Japanese hospital

Daisuke Ohkushi, Yuki Uehara, Akira Iwamoto, Shigeki Misawa, Shigemi Kondo, Kenichiro Shimizu, Satoshi Hori, Keiichi Hiramatsu

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Hospital-wide active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) targeted to adult patients with a history of MRSA carriage within the past 5 years was performed in Juntendo University Hospital (JUH) over a 2-year period. In the first year, MRSA screening culture was ordered by physicians in charge. In the second year, infection-control practitioners (ICPs) took samples for active surveillance culture. The average monthly transmission rate of MRSA in JUH was 0.35 per 1,000 bed-days in the first year and decreased significantly to 0.26 per 1,000 bed-days in the second year (P < 0.05). In the second year, more active commitment of ICPs to MRSA screening was effective in improving the performance rate of screening, shortening turn-around time of screening results, and decreasing transmission rate. Increasing compliance with active MRSA surveillance by involvement of ICPs, targeting patients with a previous history of MRSA carriage in the previous 5 years, was effective to control nosocomial MRSA transmission.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)871-875
ページ数5
ジャーナルJournal of Infection and Chemotherapy
19
5
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 10-2013
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 微生物学(医療)
  • 感染症
  • 薬理学(医学)

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