Staphylococcus Aureus Carriers Students Nursing Oxacillin Resistant

• Conditions: Staphylococcal Infections

• Registration Number: NCT00518076
• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo

Brief Summary

The Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen bacteria actuating as an agent of a wide variety of infections, such as the superficials to the disseminates ones, its commonly find into hospitals ambient, assailing mainly immunosupress patients. Around 30% to 50% of people carries this agent in their nasal bone as part of their normal flora, occuring larger in hospitals workers. The S. aureus is also known for its high capacity of developing resistance to various antibiotic. Facing these considerations, the importance of nursing precaution and the infections control inside hospitals ambient, the purpose of this present study aimed to verify the rates of carriers of S. aureus in nursing students and the connection with the hospitals time involvement during graduation in the Faculty de Medicine de Botucatu - UNESP, embracing the 4 years of graduation college.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09
• Status Verified: 2007-08
• Study First Submitted: 2007-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-08-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-08-17
• Study First Posted: 2007-08-20
• Last Update Posted: 2007-08-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Students nursing

Exclusion Criteria

• Students nursing with infection

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

São Paulo State University; 🇧🇷 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil