Patient to healthcare personnel transmission of MRSA in the non–intensive care unit setting | Zendy

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Patient 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 P. 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 , patient care , medical emergency , infection control , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , electrical engineering , biology , bacteria , 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.

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