Propagation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus due to the overloading of medical nurses in intensive care units

J Blatnik, G Lešničar - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2006 - Elsevier
medical nurses to see if there was a correlation with the spread of infections caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus … By means of the TISS, it was estimated that nurses in …

Prevalence and characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus colonization among healthcare professionals in an urban teaching hospital

MC Elie-Turenne, H Fernandes… - Infection Control & …, 2010 - cambridge.org
aureus colonization, the nurse and therapist group had the highest prevalence of MRSA
colonization. Moreover, our data suggest that the emergency department harbors the highest …

Colonization of nursing professionals by Staphylococcus aureus

JP Moura, FC Pimenta, M Hayashida… - … latino-americana de …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
… to investigate the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in the saliva of the nursing team of a
… of Staphylococcus aureus in the saliva, in 88 (17.7%) cultures Staphylococcus aureus was …

Staphylococcus aureus: a review of the literature.

D Gould, A Chamberlaine - Journal of Clinical Nursing  …, 1995 - search.ebscohost.com
Staphylococcus aureus has a long association with nosocomial infection, especially
antibiotic-resistant strains. It is now impossible to treat many serotypes with penicillin, while others …

Should healthcare workers be screened routinely for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? A review of the evidence

G Hawkins, S Stewart, O Blatchford, J Reilly - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2011 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In Scotland, the majority of elective hospital admissions (excluding
paediatrics, obstetrics and psychiatry), and acute admissions to four high-risk …

Colonisation with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and associated factors among nurses with occupational skin diseases

R Brans, K Kolomanski, F Mentzel, U Vollmer… - … medicine, 2016 - oem.bmj.com
… In hospitals and nursing homes for the elderly, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA… The percentage of MRSA isolates from patients in medical or nursing centres in many …

Transfer of Staphylococcus aureus via nurses' uniforms

A Hambraeus - Epidemiology & Infection, 1973 - cambridge.org
… of this investigation was to obtain an estimate of the degree of contamination of nurses'
clothing with Staph. aureus during work in the ward and to calculate the risk of transfer of Staph. …

[HTML][HTML] Spread of Staphylococcus aureus between medical staff and high-frequency contact surfaces in a large metropolitan hospital

L Shi, C Xu, H Jia, W Chen, X Zhou, X Li - International Journal of Nursing …, 2015 - Elsevier
… Samples were collected on agar plates, analyzed for the presence of Staphylococcus
aureus or methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) by standard microbiology testing, and partially …

Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Nursing Home Residents

L Mody, CA Kauffman, S Donabedian… - Clinical Infectious …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… reservoir for Staphylococcus aureus [1]. The epidemiology of nasal colonization with S. …
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains recovered from 40 community …

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among district nurse patients and medical admissions in a UK district

S Thomas, JA Karas, M Emery, G Clark - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2007 - Elsevier
… We studied the prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in
… out in the medical assessment unit (MAU) of the local hospital and the district nurse patient (…