PMID: 2499701Feb 1, 1989Paper

The carrier state: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A hospital study "screening of hospital personnel" for nasal carriage of Staph aureus

JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
B Ashiq

Abstract

Methicillin resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) were studied in a 300 bedded Central Government Hospital Rawalpindi, in which 291 staff members were screened by nasal swabbing. Of 125 cases carrying staph aureus 5 (1.78%) were methicillin resistant. They were treated with Bacitracin ointment to be applied to interior nares four times a day for one week. Hexachlorophane baths daily, chlorhexidine shampoo once daily for a week, and were taken off duty from wards for one day.

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