Prevalence of MRSA carriage among Health care workers (HCW) of tertiary healthcare centre in Western India
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MRSA, Health care workers, nasal carriageAbstract
Title: "Prevalence of MRSA carriage among Health care workers (HCW) of tertiary healthcare centre in Western India
Abstract:
Objective: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are associated with higher mortality, morbidity as compared to infections by methicillin-susceptible strains. MRSA carriage in healthcare personnel is potential focus for spread of hospital acquired infections.The following study was conducted to assess, the prevalence of MRSA carriage in healthcare workers (HCWs) at a tertiary care centre in western India and to analyse the relation of age, gender, work experience and other factors with MRSA carriage.
Methods:
A cross sectional study was conducted on a total of 104 HCWs (Nurses & Doctors). Nasal swabs were collected and cultured on Blood Agar. The isolates were identified as S. aureus based on Gram staining, colony morphology, catalase production test, slide and tube coagulase tests, and mannitol fermentation test. Methicillin resistance was detected using cefoxitin disc on Muller Hinton agar using modified Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method.
Results:
Of the 104 HCWs, 22 (21.15%) were identified as MRSA carriers. MRSA carriage was particularly higher among nurses (24.07%) as compared to doctors (18.0%). There was no significant differene between the gender (p = 0.2365), age (p = 0.2207), cadre of participant (p = 0.4485) and years of healthcare service (p = 0.1155) with regards to nasal carriage of MRSA.
Conclusions:
The high rate of nasal MRSA carriage among healthcare workers found in this study indicates the need for adjusted infection control measures to prevent MRSA transmission in our healthcare setting.
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