Abstract
Within healthcare institutions, healthcare workers (HCW) who are nasal MRSA carriers can facilitate its spread. This study assesses the colonization rate of HCW outside outbreak situations and compares results of a “single” vs. “double” strategy of MRSA-screening.
Highlights
Introduction / objectives Within healthcare institutions, healthcare workers (HCW) who are nasal methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers can facilitate its spread
Two nasal-pharyngeal swabs were derived from each participant on two days
MRSA were characterized using typing of the S. aureusprotein A gene
Summary
Introduction / objectives Within healthcare institutions, healthcare workers (HCW) who are nasal MRSA carriers can facilitate its spread.
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