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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 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).
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Healthcare employees) including: doctors, nurses, nurse aids, physical therapists, dietitians, Janitors and other medical staff) who work in the rehabilitation center | 1 YEAR |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Healthcare employees) including: doctors, nurses, nurse aids, physical therapists, dietitians, Janitors and other medical staff) who work in the rehabilitation center
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yaffa LERMAN, MD | Contact | 97252-4266910 | yaffale@tasmc.health.gov.il |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Yehuda carmeli, MD MPH | TASMC | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tasmc | Tel Aviv | 64239 | Israel |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18471774 | Background | Albrich WC, Harbarth S. Health-care workers: source, vector, or victim of MRSA? Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 May;8(5):289-301. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70097-5. | |
| 9475348 | Background | Carmeli Y, Venkataraman L, DeGirolami PC, Lichtenberg DA, Karchmer AW, Samore MH. Stool colonization of healthcare workers with selected resistant bacteria. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Jan;19(1):38-40. doi: 10.1086/647705. |
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