Open AccessOptimization of multiple muco-cutaneous site sampling method for screening MRSA colonization in ICU
Author(s) -
Priya Datta,
Hena Rani Vasdeva,
Jagdish Chander
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.118421
Subject(s) - medicine , throat , axilla , nose , perineum , groin , colonization , clindamycin , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , breast cancer , cancer , biology
Active screening for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers remains a vital component of infection control policy in any health-care setting. The relative advantage of multiple anatomical site screening for detecting MRSA carriers is well recognized. However, this leads to increase in financial and logistical load in a developing world scenario. The objective of our study was to determine the sensitivity of MRSA screening of nose, throat, axilla, groin, perineum and the site of catheterization (central line catheter) individually among intensive care unit patients and to compare it with the sensitivity of multiple site screening.