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Evaluation of a Strategy of Screening Multiple Anatomical Sites for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Admission to a Teaching Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Matthieu Eveillard ,
Arnaud de Lassence ,
Evelyne Lancien ,
Guilène Barnaud ,
Jean-Damien Ricard  and
Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou
Matthieu Eveillard*
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie et Hygiène, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France Comitè de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France
Arnaud de Lassence
Affiliation:
Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France Comitè de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France
Evelyne Lancien
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie et Hygiène, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France
Guilène Barnaud
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie et Hygiène, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France
Jean-Damien Ricard
Affiliation:
Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France
Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou
Affiliation:
Service de Microbiologie et Hygiène, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France Comitè de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France
*
Service de Microbiologie et d'Hygiène, Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 rue des Renouillers, F92700 Colombes Cedex, France ([email protected])
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Abstract

We compared the sensitivity of screening with nasal culture alone with that of a multiple-site screening method for the identification of carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission. If nasal cultures alone had been used during the 1-year study, 27.0% of carriers of methicillin-resistant S. aureus would have been missed, which corresponds to 560 theoretical isolation days. If rectal screening had not been used, 431 theoretical isolation days would have been missed, and, if axillary screening had not been used, 99 theoretical isolation days would have been missed.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 181 - 184
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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