Open AccessPatient to healthcare personnel transmission of MRSA in the non–intensive care unit setting
Author(s) -
Gita Nadimpalli,
Lyndsay M. O’Hara,
Lisa Pineles,
Karly Lebherz,
J. Kristie Johnson,
David Calfee,
Loren G. Miller,
Daniel J. Morgan,
Anthony D. Harris
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2020.10
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , transmission (telecommunications) , health care , healthcare worker , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , medical emergency , infection control , patient care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , bacteria , electrical engineering , biology , engineering , economics , genetics , economic growth
The transmission rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to gloves or gowns of healthcare personnel (HCP) caring for MRSA patients in a non-intensive care unit setting was 5.4%. Contamination rates were higher among HCP performing direct patient care and when patients had detectable MRSA on their body. These findings may inform risk-based contact precautions.