Impact of routine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance and cohorting on MRSA-related bloodstream infection in neonatal intensive care unit

To study the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance on the incidence of MRSA-related bloodstream infection (BSI) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to evaluate cost-effectiveness of MRSA surveillance. MRSA surveillance policy was introduced in our NICU in April 2008. Pre-MRSA surveillance period (P1, April 2006-March 2008) was compared with the surveillance period (P2, April 2008-April 2010) for MRSA-related BSI (MRSA BSI). During P1 and P2, 1,576 and 1,512 neonates were enrolled. Of these, 3.8/1,000 and 5.3/1,000 developed MRSA BSI, respectively. During P2, 100% MRSA-related BSI occurred in MRSA-colonized neonates, as compared with zero in noncolonized group (p < 0.0001). Overall, 7 (30%) of the 23 neonates colonized during hospitalization developed MRSA BSI as compared with 1 of the 31 (3%) neonates colonized at admission (p = 0.007). Direct screening cost was $208 per patient. Since 28 neonates had to be screened to detect one colonization, $5,824 estimated per detection, excluding indirect costs. MRSA surveillance may protect non-MRSA colonized neonates from becoming colonized. This is of considerable importance because the acquisition of colonization during hospitalization was associated with a 10-fold increase in risk of developing MRSA BSI. Cost-effectiveness of MRSA surveillance remains debatable and further studies are needed to delineate cost-benefit ratio..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

American journal of perinatology - 32(2015), 6, Seite 531

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kaushik, Ashlesha [VerfasserIn]
Kest, Helen [Sonstige Person]
Zauk, Adel [Sonstige Person]
DeBari, Vincent A [Sonstige Person]
Lamacchia, Michael [Sonstige Person]

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doi:

10.1055/s-0034-1395481

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1960450522