Efficacy of a program of prevention and control for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in an intensive-care unit
Braz. j. infect. dis
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11(1): 57-62, Feb. 2007. ilus, graf
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is endemic in most Brazilian Hospitals, and there are few studies which show the efficacy of control measures in such situations. This study evaluated intensive care unit (ICU) patients, in two years divided in control, intervention and post-intervention group. Intervention measures:
hands-on educational programs for healthcare workers; early identification of MRSA infected or colonized patients, labeled with a bed-identification tag for contact isolation; nasal carriers, patients, and healthcare professionals treated with topical mupirocin for five days. The hospital infection rates in the control period were compared to the ones in the post-intervention period. Hospital infection rates were found by means of the NNISS methodology The incidence coefficients of MRSA hospital infection (monthly average of 1,000 pts/day) in the control, intervention and post-intervention groups were respectively 10.2, 5.1 and 2.5/1,000 pts/day (p<0.001) and MRSA-originated bloodstream infections were 3.6, 0.9 and 1.8/1,000 central venous catheter/day (p=0.281). Nasal colonization in both intervention and post-intervention periods was of 30.9 percent and 22.1 percent among the hospitalized patients, respectively 54.4 percent and 46.1 percent of whom were already MRSA-positive when admitted to the unit. In the intervention period, most of those MRSA infected patients (76.2 percent) were nasal carrier. Mortality rates were, respectively 26.6 percent; 27.3 percent and 21.0 percent (p<0.001). Nasal carriers, both patients (93.7 percent) and healthcare professionals (88.2 percent), were successfully treated with topical mupirocin. Intervention measures for the prevention and control of MRSA infections in ICUs, have been efficient in the reduction of the bloodstream and MRSA-originated hospital infections incidence, and reduced the overall mortality rate significantly.
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Asunto principal:
Infecciones Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Resistencia a la Meticilina
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Control de Infecciones
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Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios de evaluación
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
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Enfermedades Transmisibles
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte/BR
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Federal University of São Paulo/BR
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Taubaté University/BR
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