865. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevalence among healthcare workers (HCW) in contact tracings in a Dutch teaching hospital, 2010-2018
Abstract Background In The Netherlands, the national guidelines on MRSA prevention and control advocate screening of HCW after unprotected exposure to MRSA carriers. Although this strategy at large is successful, contact tracing of staff is a time consuming and costly component. We evaluated our contact tracing policy for HCW over the years 2010 – 2018. MRSA prevalence among samples in contact tracing Methods A retrospective, observational study was performed in a Dutch teaching hospital. All HCW who had unprotected contact with an MRSA carrier were included in contact tracing. When there had... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Open Forum Infectious Diseases ; volume 7, issue Supplement_1, page S471-S471 ; ISSN 2328-8957 |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Infectious Diseases / Oncology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26664202 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1054 |