Survey on methicillin-resistant staphylococccus aureus carrying status in health care workers

VernacularTitle:医护人员耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌带菌情况调查
Author: Yanping LI ; Yi CHEN ; Fengli SONG ; Wei SHI ; Jingzhi CHEN ; Xiuhua MA
Keywords: Health care workers,neonatal nursing; Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; Bacteria carrying status
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2017;16(1):58-61
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Swabbing samples were routinely collected from health care workers ( HCW) contacting newborns in Obstetrics Department of our hospital on every Wednesday during January to December 2015. Total 495 samples from nasal vestibule and 483 samples from hands of HCW were collected for bacterial culture.The carrying status of methicillin-resistant staphylococccus aureus ( MRSA) was analyzed.The results showed that the average carrying rate of MRSA in the nasal vestibule was 8.1%(40/495) and that in hands was 5.0(24/483)(χ2 =3.871, P<0.05).The MRSA detection rate of nasal vestibular samples in the second quarter was the highest [12.2%(17/139)], while that of hands samples was highest in the first quarter [ 15.3%( 15/98 ) ] . The study indicates that carrying rate of MRSA in health care workers contacting newborns of our hospital is high , and the training and monitoring should be strengthened among health workers to reduce the MRSA carrying rate .