Comparison of Contamination Rates of Medication Storage Cabinets Between Isolation and Non-isolation Rooms With Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 400
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Presence of MRSA colonization
研究概览
简要总结
This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of isolation rooms in hospitals and their contents, particularly medications and the delivery folders are at a higher risk of having harmful bacteria on them.
详细描述
Studies show high touch areas maybe contaminated with organisms such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. MRSA can live on hospital surfaces for 9-14 days. Patients in rooms that were previously MRSA isolation rooms are at higher risk for developing a hospital-acquired infection.
This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of MRSA isolation rooms and their contents, particularly medications and the pharmacy delivery folders are at a higher risk of having MRSA colonization on them. This study will use conventional methods to determine if MRSA colonization is present and compare results between non-isolation and isolation rooms. This will evaluate if alternate measures for the reduction of MRSA colonization are needed for the MRSA isolation rooms in regards to medication delivery and storage.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patient rooms with isolation status for MRSA
- •Patient rooms without isolation status for MRSA for 14 days
排除标准
- •Rooms without medication cabinets directly outside the room
结局指标
主要结局
Presence of MRSA colonization
时间窗: Hospital stay, an expected average of 14 days
Swabbing of four areas of the medication cabinet will be performed (keypad, handle, medication folder and a medication). A Semi-quantitative sampling technique will be used to collect the samples. A sterile saline moistened sterile cotton tip swab will be used to swab the specified areas. The swabs will then be used to inoculate sheep blood agar plates in 4 quadrants. The plates will be incubated for 48 hours. The number of quadrants with growth will be identified. Individual colonies will be removed from the plate with an inoculation loop, then streaked onto a second sheep blood agar plate. The second plates will be incubated for 48 hours. The colonies will then be run through standard identification tests to determine if the colonies are MRSA or not. A comparison will be made between non-isolation and isolation rooms.
次要结局
- Quantification of MRSA colonization(Hospital stay, an expected average of 14 days)
研究者
Michael Sweet
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Quality Outcomes
West Virginia University