Authors
Victor O Popoola, Alicia Budd, Sara M Wittig, Tracy Ross, Susan W Aucott, Trish M Perl, Karen C Carroll, Aaron M Milstone
Publication date
2014/4
Journal
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Volume
35
Issue
4
Pages
412-418
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Description
Objective
To characterize the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission and infections in a level IIIC neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and identify barriers to MRSA control.
Setting and Design
Retrospective cohort study in a university-affiliated NICU with an MRSA control program including weekly nares cultures of all neonates and admission nares cultures for neonates transferred from other hospitals or admitted from home.
Methods
Medical records were reviewed to identify neonates with NICU-acquired MRSA colonization or infection between April 2007 and December 2011. Compliance with hand hygiene and an MRSA decolonization protocol were monitored. Relatedness of MRSA strains were assessed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).
Results
Of 3,536 neonates, 74 (2.0%) had a culture grow MRSA, including 62 neonates with NICU-acquired MRSA …
Scholar articles
VO Popoola, A Budd, SM Wittig, T Ross, SW Aucott… - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2014