Affiliation
Health Information Unit, Eastern Health Board, Dublin, Ireland.Issue Date
1997-03Keywords
INFECTION CONTROLSTATISTICAL DATA
Local subject classification
METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUSHEALTHCARE-ACQUIRED INFECTION
MeSH
AdolescentAdult
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):175-84Journal
The Journal of hospital infectionPubMed ID
9093916Additional Links
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9093916Abstract
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.Item Type
ArticleLanguage
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0195-6701Collections
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