Does the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) while examining patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decrease the incidence of nosocomial transmission in the hospital setting?

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Aaron Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Nosocomial Transmission ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

Reduction in community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates in an urban Canadian hospital setting

2013 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. WILMER ◽  
E. LLOYD-SMITH ◽  
M. G. ROMNEY ◽  
S. CHAMPAGNE ◽  
T. WONG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Ed Visits ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Substantial Change ◽  
Community Onset

SUMMARYCommunity-onset methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CO-MRSA) became a prominent cause of infection in North America in 2003, with a peak in the epidemic noted by multiple groups in the USA between 2005 and 2007. We reviewed rates of MRSA in two hospitals in Vancouver, Canada, to observe changes in epidemiology from 2003 to 2011. Episodes of emergency department (ED) MRSA bacteraemia and wounds were extracted from the laboratory database, with rates calculated per 10 000 ED visits. All cases were assumed to be community onset, as they were diagnosed in the ED. A peak in ED MRSA bacteraemias occurred in 2005, at 7·8/10 000 ED visits. By 2011, rates of ED bacteraemia declined significantly to 3·3/10 000 ED visits (P⩽0·03). MRSA wound rates peaked at 82·2 cases/10 000 ED visits in 2007 with a subsequent significant decline to 34·3 cases in 2011 (P = 0·04). We have demonstrated a significant decline in CO-MRSA within our population, consistent with reports from the USA, suggesting a substantial change in the epidemiology of CO-MRSA in certain North American cities.

scholarly journals Changing molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an Algerian hospital

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 206-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Basset ◽  
Wahiba Amhis ◽  
Dominique S. Blanc
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Molecular Epidemiology ◽  
European Community ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Clone St239

Introduction: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of both hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide. However, data about the molecular epidemiology of MRSA in North Africa are still scarce. Methodology: All MRSA isolates recovered between January 2006 and July 2011 from one Algerian hospital were genetically and phenotypically characterized. Results: The predominance of a European community-associated-MRSA (CA-MRSA) clone (ST80-SCCmec IV-PVL positive) was revealed by this analysis. Conclusion: Our data suggest that a CA-MRSA clone recently invaded the hospital setting in Algiers and replaced a typical hospital-associated pandemic clone such as the Brazilian clone (ST239-SCCmec IIImercury-PVL negative).

The Ebola Disinfection Booth: Evaluation of an Enclosed Ultraviolet Light Booth for Disinfection of Contaminated Personal Protective Equipment Prior to Removal

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1226-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myreen E. Tomas ◽  
Jennifer L. Cadnum ◽  
Annette Jencson ◽  
Curtis J. Donskey
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Ultraviolet Light ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Infect Control Hosp ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Bacteriophage Ms2 ◽  
Ultraviolet C ◽  
Full Body

A portable booth designed to disinfect full-body coverage protective equipment before removal using ultraviolet-C radiation resulted in at least 3 log reductions in bacteriophage MS2 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within 3 minutes. The booth could be useful for disinfection of contaminated protective equipment before removal during care of Ebola patients.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(10):1226–1228

Nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a mother to her preterm quadruplet infants

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Sophie Morel ◽  
Fann Wu ◽  
Phyllis Della-Latta ◽  
Alicia Cronquist ◽  
David Rubenstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Nosocomial Transmission ◽  
Methicillin Resistant
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