Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the role of antisepsis in the control of an outbreak

D J Tuffnell; R S Croton; D M Hemingway; M N Hartley; P N Wake; R J Garvey

doi:10.1016/0195-6701(87)90006-5

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the role of antisepsis in the control of an outbreak

J Hosp Infect. 1987 Nov;10(3):255-9. doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(87)90006-5.

Authors

D J Tuffnell¹, R S Croton, D M Hemingway, M N Hartley, P N Wake, R J Garvey

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Warrington District General Hospital, UK.

PMID: 2891753
DOI: 10.1016/0195-6701(87)90006-5

Abstract

Between February 1983 and September 1985, an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involving 151 patients and staff occurred in a district general hospital. At its peak, 43 cases occurred in 3 months. Sixty-two patients suffered morbidity and two died. Conventional isolation techniques and once-daily whole body washing of affected patients with triclosan successfully controlled the outbreak.

MeSH terms

Antisepsis / methods*
Baths
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
England
Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
Hospitals, General
Humans
Methicillin*
Penicillin Resistance
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Triclosan / therapeutic use

Substances

Triclosan
Methicillin