PMID: 11321786Apr 27, 2001Paper

A study on the transmission of MRSA among the family members including clients of visiting nurse and related infection control

[Nihon kōshū eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
K MatsumotoC Sugishita

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to clarify MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) transmission among clients, receiving nursing care from visiting nurse stations, and family members, as well as to determine MRSA positive rates of visiting nurses themselves and their handwashing habits. The subjects were 131 clients who had utilized 32 visiting nurse stations, and had tested MRSA positive in our previous study performed 2-5 months earlier. The presence of MRSA in the nasal passages was investigated in 15 of the 131 MRSA positive clients and the 24 family members who had agreed to cooperate. Antibiotic sensitivity tests of the involved strains of MRSA were conducted using 14 antibiotics to allow antibiotic resistance patterns to be compared. 148 nurses who worked at 18 visiting nurse stations were also screened for MRSA in their nasal passages. In addition, a self-administered questionnaire was filled in concerning their handwashing habits. Out of 15 clients from whom MRSA was isolated in the previous study, 9 became MRSA positive (60.0%), and this was the case for 6 family members, living with 4 of them. The antibiotic resistance patterns coincided among the family members of 3 families, suggesting MRSA transmission amo...Continue Reading

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