Infection control intervention on meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in residential care homes for the elderly.

Authors :: Chuang, Vivien WM
Tsang, Iris HL
Keung, Jessica PY
Leung, June YY
Yuk, Janet MT
Wong, Doris KW
Au, Sui-sum
Tam, Rebekah KY
Lam, Wendy WY
Kwan, Martin CT
Wong, Andrew TY
Source :: Journal of Infection Prevention; Mar2015, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p58-66, 9p
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article offers information on a study which determines the effectiveness of infection control intervention programme in preventing the prevalence of meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission among Hong Kong's residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs). It mentions that two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial was used to guide this study. It shows that the intervention programme which focuses on hand hygiene (HH) was not effective in preventing MRSA transmission.

Subjects :: CROSS infection prevention
ACADEMIC medical centers
CHI-squared test
PREVENTION of communicable diseases
CONFIDENCE intervals
FISHER exact test
HAND
HOSPICE care
HYGIENE
NURSING care facilities
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus
DATA analysis software
MANN Whitney U Test
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test

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