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    National survey of MRSA: Ireland, 1995.

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    Johnson, Z
    Fitzpatrick, P
    Hayes, C
    Sayers, G
    Pelly, H
    McDonnell, B
    Thornton, L
    Buttimer, J
    Affiliation
    Health Information Unit, Eastern Health Board, Dublin, Ireland.
    Issue Date
    1997-03
    Keywords
    INFECTION CONTROL
    STATISTICAL DATA
    Local subject classification
    METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
    HEALTHCARE-ACQUIRED INFECTION
    MeSH
    Adolescent
    Adult
    Aged
    Child
    Child, Preschool
    Cross Infection
    Female
    Humans
    Infant
    Infant, Newborn
    Infection Control
    Ireland
    Male
    Methicillin Resistance
    Middle Aged
    Patient Discharge
    Population Surveillance
    Practice Guidelines as Topic
    Prevalence
    Staphylococcal Infections
    Staphylococcus aureus
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    Johnson Z et al. National survey of MRSA: Ireland, 1995. J. Hosp. Infect. 1997, 35 (3):175-84
    Journal
    The Journal of hospital infection
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/324300
    PubMed ID
    9093916
    Additional Links
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9093916
    Abstract
    The objective of this survey was to obtain an indication of the size of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) problem in Ireland prior to introducing national MRSA control guidelines. A survey of all microbiology laboratories in Ireland was carried out over two weeks in Spring 1995. For patients from whom MRSA was isolated during the study period standard demographic and clinical data were requested and period prevalence/1000 discharges was calculated. All 45 microbiology laboratories surveyed responded. MRSA was isolated from 448 patients during the two-week period. The period prevalence of MRSA was 16.5/1000 discharges. Males aged > or = 65 had the highest rate (50/1000 discharges). Half of all isolates were from patients in surgical or medical wards, but 4% were from community-based sources such as GPs, nursing homes and hospices. Thirty-two percent of MRSA patients were infected rather than colonized. MRSA is clearly a significant problem in Ireland. While it is largely a hospital problem at present, the increasing trend towards day procedures and shorter hospital stay means that infection will increase in the community.
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    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0195-6701
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