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- Title: Acinetobacter Baumannii and MRSA Contamination on Reusable Phlebotomy Tourniquets (Research AND Reports) (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) (Report)
- Author : Clinical Laboratory Science
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 216 KB
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INTRODUCTION Nosocomial infections represent a significant public health problem, with a high cost in money, morbidity, and mortality. During the 1990s, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that, directly or indirectly, the annual number of deaths related to nosocomial infection was 88,000. The rate of nosocomial infection is estimated at nearly 10/100 patients admitted to the hospital and the estimated annual cost of nosocomial infection with antibiotic-resistant organisms is up to $4.5 billion. (1) On average, hospital stays for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections cost $14,000 compared with $7,600 for all other stays, and the length of hospitalization was more than double-10.0 days for MRSA infections versus 4.6 days for all other stays. (2) Common sites of nosocomial infection are the urinary tract, lungs, surgical sites, gastrointestinal tract (particularly with Clostridium difficile) and the blood. The site of a nosocomial infection determines which organisms are most likely to be isolated. Escherichia coli causes most nosocomial urinary tract infections. (3) Causes of hospital-acquired pneumonia include both grampositive (Streptococcus pneumonia, methicillin resistant and susceptible S. aureus) and gram-negative (Haemophilus influenza, Enterobacter spp, Klebsiella penumoniae, E. coli) organisms. (4) Infections of surgical sites are commonly due to methicillin resistant and susceptible S. aureus, coagulase-negative Staphylococci, Enterococci, and E. coli. (5)