Preventing Staph, aureus infection on a surgical ward: the nurse's role

The environment of two contiguous surgical wards was examined over a period of twelve months by means of a slit sampler, settle plates and blanket sweep plates. At the same time, nasal swabs were taken each week from the patients and all cases of sepsis examined bacteriologically.Phage typing of more than 3600 isolations ofStaph. aureusshowed that there was one predominant strain in the air, bedding, patients' noses and infected wounds.There was no relationship between the total number of bacteria in the ward air and the numbers ofStaph. aureus.The recovery of large numbers ofStaph. aureusfrom the air at certain periods was associated with a high contamination rate in the blankets and with an increased incidence of staphylococcal sepsis.Not all nasal carriers ofStaph. aureuscontaminated their bedding. There was evidence that some patients became nasal carriers of strains of staphylococci previously isolated from their bedding.Some evidence was obtained that blankets may play a role in the transmission of staphylococci from patient to patient.This work was supported by a grant from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Our thanks are due to Mrs Elisabeth Bradshaw for her technical assistance and to Prof. John Loewenthal for his interest and for permission to study his wards.

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S2606 The First Documented Case of Strongyloides Liver Abscess With Superimposed Methicillin-Resistant Staph aureus Infection

The American Journal of Gastroenterology ◽

10.14309/01.ajg.0000712472.83978.c0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 115 (1) ◽

pp. S1369-S1369

Author(s):

David S. Braun ◽

Elizabeth John ◽

Ashwini Mehta

Keyword(s):

Liver Abscess ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Staph Aureus ◽

Documented Case ◽

Aureus Infection

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OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT WITH SPIRAMYCIN OF STAPH AUREUS INFECTION IN A DAIRY HERD

Australian Veterinary Journal ◽

10.1111/j.1751-0813.1967.tb08889.x ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

pp. 88-91

Author(s):

A. J. Frost

Keyword(s):

Dairy Herd ◽

Staph Aureus ◽

Aureus Infection

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/2013.20.01.587 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (01) ◽

pp. 139-143

Author(s):

ZULFIQAR ALI NAQVI ◽

QAMAR AZIZ ◽

ARIF MEMON

Keyword(s):

Burn Injury ◽

Burn Patients ◽

Infection Control Team ◽

Staph Aureus ◽

Aureus Infection ◽

Burn Unit ◽

Burn Units ◽

Resistant Strains ◽

Mrsa Strains ◽

Effective Drugs

Objective: To determine the prevalence of Staph. aureus in burn patients. Setting: Department of Microbiology, BasicMedical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. Period: July 2002 to December 2002. Material and Methods:Out of 52 patients 23 (44%) were found infected by 41 strains of S. aureus in which 10 strains were Methicillin resistant. Results: AllMethicillin sensitive and resistant strains were sensitive to Vancomycin and Chloramphenicol. Other effective drugs against MSSA wereImipenem (93.5%), Cephalothin (77.5%), Clindamycin (68%) while MRSA strains were highly resistant to all other drugs. Conclusions:Gram positive heavily colonize the wound at initial days following burn injury. Once Staph aureus specially MRSA establishing in burn unit,it is very difficult to eradicate these bacteria from burn unit. It is therefore all efforts must made to prevent burn patients from infectionspecially Staph. Aureus infection, by establising infection control team these burn units.

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