A staff questionnaire study of MRSA infection on ENT and general surgical wards
| Autor: | P. S. Phillips, A. Malik, A. K. Golagani, F. B. Payne |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Attitude of Health Personnel education MEDLINE Hospital Departments Staphyloccocus aureus Workload MRSA infection Nursing Staff Hospital medicine.disease_cause Likert scale Otolaryngology Cost of Illness Surveys and Questionnaires otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Medical Staff Hospital Humans General hospital Questionnaire study Cross Infection business.industry General Medicine Length of Stay Staphylococcal Infections Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Otorhinolaryngology Family medicine business Surgery Department Hospital |
| Zdroj: | European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 267(9) |
| ISSN: | 1434-4726 |
| Popis: | Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA) infection has received much attention in both the medical and non-medical press. However, it is not widely encountered on ENT wards, given the profile of short-stay, relatively well patients, although its impact seems to be increasing. We wished to explore the knowledge and attitudes towards MRSA on general surgical and ENT wards, and see if there were any significant differences between specialties, or between doctors and nurses. A 13-item questionnaire with a Likert scale response with six knowledge questions and seven attitude questions was prepared. It was completed anonymously by all nursing and medical staffs on the ENT and general surgical wards of a large District General Hospital. ENT doctors displayed the lowest knowledge and attitude scores; however, this only attained significance in terms of the knowledge of the difference between infection and colonization. Overall, nurses displayed significantly more positive attitudes towards MRSA patients than doctors, but knowledge scores were not significantly different between professions. The study suggests a lack of knowledge about and preponderance of negative attitudes towards MRSA amongst ENT doctors. The difference between colonization and infection is not well understood. Reasons for this may include the relative rarity of MRSA cases on ENT wards. |
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