Challenges of implementing national guidelines for the control and prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection in acute care hospitals in the Republic of Ireland.
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Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland. fidelma.fitzpatrick@hse.ieIssue Date
2009-03Keywords
HOSPITALINFECTION CONTROL
GUIDELINE
MeSH
Critical CareCross Infection
Guidelines as Topic
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Infection Control
Ireland
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Questionnaires
Staphylococcal Infections
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Challenges of implementing national guidelines for the control and prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection in acute care hospitals in the Republic of Ireland. 2009, 30 (3):277-81 Infect Control Hosp EpidemiolJournal
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of AmericaDOI
10.1086/595734PubMed ID
19193017Additional Links
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193017Abstract
Of the 49 acute care hospitals in Ireland that responded to the survey questionnaire drafted by the Infection Control Subcommittee of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre's Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland, 43 reported barriers to the full implementation of national guidelines for the control and prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection; these barriers included poor infrastructure (42 hospitals), inadequate laboratory resources (40 hospitals), inadequate staffing (39 hospitals), and inadequate numbers of isolation rooms and beds (40 hospitals). Four of the hospitals did not have an educational program on hand hygiene, and only 17 had an antibiotic stewardship program.Item Type
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1559-6834ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1086/595734
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