Methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Outbreaks in Srinagarind Hospital

Authors

  • JANPEN JAROONTUM
  • PLOENCHAN CHETCHOTISAKD
  • NANTAKA KHUNTIKEO
  • PAGAKRONG LUMBIGANON
  • WEERACHAI KOSUWON
  • WIPAWADEE MANMONTRI
  • PUNNIPA SIRIERMPOOL

Abstract

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MRSA   surveillance  was  routinely  done  in  Srinagarind  hospital,  a  713  bed  university hospital  since  April  1993.  There were  3  MRSA  outbreaks  during  April  1993  to  March  1994.  The  first  outbreak  occurred  in  Accidental  and  Emergency  ward  during  October  to  November  1993  which  16  cases  were  involved .  All  of  the  patients  were  in  the  service  of  surgery.  The  second  outbreak  occurred  in  surgical  ward.  All  5  cases  were in  plastic  surgery  and burn team.  The  last  outbreak  was  in  the  newborn  unit,  six  infants  were  involved.   The  mortality  rate  of   these  outbreaks  was  six  out  of  27  cases.  After  outbreaks  were  identified,  several  interventions  were  used  to  control  infection,  such  as  patient   isolation,  emphasis  on  hand  washing  gloving , downing,  growing  and  masking,  prospective  surveillance  by  sputum   culture  in  patients  who  were  on  respirator  and  early  discharging  of  MRSA  cases.  We  also  introduced  identified  to  have nasal  colonization  with  MRSA  and  6  cases  were  successfully  treated  with  topical  mupirocin.  All  these  outbreaks   were  under  control  by  these  combined  control  measures.

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JAROONTUM J, CHETCHOTISAKD P, KHUNTIKEO N, LUMBIGANON P, KOSUWON W, MANMONTRI W, SIRIERMPOOL P. Methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Outbreaks in Srinagarind Hospital. SRIMEDJ [Internet]. 2013 Nov. 18 [cited 2024 Apr. 18];9(4):174-7. Available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/13765

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