Mastering Hospital Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Spread Into the Community-Healthcare Workers
- Conditions
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus AureusESBL
- Registration Number
- NCT00773864
- Lead Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Medical staff will be screened for MRSA and ESBL (including: doctors, nurses, nurse aids, physical therapists, dietitians, Janitors and other medical staff).
PURPOSE:
To define the carriage of, and risk factors for carriage of resistant organisms among healthcare employees of carriers of resistant bacteria.
To define activities of healthcare employees who likely to lead to dissemination of resistant bacteria in rehabilitation centers.
- Detailed Description
Detailed activity:
Medical staff will be screened for MRSA and ESBL (including: doctors, nurses, nurse aids, physical therapists, dietitians, Janitors and other medical staff).
Screening will be performed by obtaining nares and perirectal cultures. Nares cultures will be obtained by ward staff or research personnel who are experienced in performing this activity: a moisture swab will be applied gently to the distal part of both nares. Perirectal cultures, will be taken by swab, who will be applied to the perirectal area, either by staff as mentioned above, or will be given to the healthcare workers to perform by himself (with explanation on how to perform it).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
- Health care employees
- Age 18 years or less
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Healthcare employees) including: doctors, nurses, nurse aids, physical therapists, dietitians, Janitors and other medical staff) who work in the rehabilitation center 1 YEAR
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Tasmc
🇮🇱Tel-aviv, Israel