1. Antibiotikafreie Sanierung von MRSA-positivem Personal.
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Hübner, Nils-Olaf, Wander, Kathrin, Ryll, Sylvia, Lindstedt, Gudrun, and Kramer, Axel
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections , *INFECTIOUS disease transmission , *INFECTION , *CARRIER state (Communicable diseases) , *DISEASE vectors , *VECTOR control , *ANTIBIOTICS , *ANTISEPTICS , *PATIENTS - Abstract
MRSA-infected or-colonized staff can be a vector for transmission between patients. Therefore, reliable detection and rapid decolonisation of carriers is important. Literature on the effectiveness of MIRSA decolonization regimes is very heterogeneous. Existing studies differ distinct in design, endpoints and patient populations studied and are therefore hard to compare. This paper summarizes routine data from decolonization treatment of MRSA-positive staff and relatives from March 2007-March 2009 at the University Hospital of Greifswald. From a total of 107 persons rated, 98.1% were successfully decolonized. In 73 cases (68%) decolonization was achieved in the first cycle. This shows the high effectiveness of regimes based on octenidine containing antiseptic preparations as part of a structured decolonization concepts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009