Elimination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit after hand washing with triclosan
| Autor: | David Cartwright, J. L. Faoagali, Joan Webster |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Hand washing
medicine.medical_specialty Staphylococcus aureus Neonatal intensive care unit medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Colony Count Microbial medicine.disease_cause law.invention law Internal medicine Intensive Care Units Neonatal medicine Humans Antibacterial agent Infection Control business.industry Staphylococcal Infections Intensive care unit Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Triclosan Surgery Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Vancomycin Methicillin Resistance Queensland business medicine.drug Hand Disinfection |
| Zdroj: | Journal of paediatrics and child health. 30(1) |
| ISSN: | 1034-4810 |
| Popis: | Evaluating hand wash products in terms of user acceptability and effectiveness against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been part of a long-term strategy to eliminate endemic MRSA from the neonatal intensive care unit at the Royal Women's Hospital (Brisbane). Following the introduction of a new hand wash disinfectant (triclosan 1% wt/vol), new cases of MRSA colonization were monitored for 12 months. In addition, the use of antibiotics, the incidence of multi-resistant Gram-negative cultures and neonatal infections were noted. No changes were made to any procedures or protocols during the trial. All babies colonized with MRSA had been discharged from the nursery within 7 months of the introduction of triclosan and in the subsequent 9 months no new MRSA isolates had been reported. Reduction in the use of vancomycin has resulted in a cost saving of approximately $A17,000. The total number of Gram-negative isolates has not increased, although Pseudomonas aeruginosa is now reported more often. Compared with the previous 12 months, fewer antibiotics were prescribed and fewer nosocomial infections recorded (P < 0.05). |
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