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Implication of a Healthcare Worker With Chronic Skin Disease in the Transmission of an Epidemic Strain of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Philippe Berthelot ,
Florence Grattard ,
Pascal Fascia ,
Christine Fichtner ,
Martine Moulin ,
Marie Pierre Lavocat ,
Georges Teyssier ,
Frédéric Lucht  and
Bruno Pozzetto
Philippe Berthelot*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France G1MAP, Laboratory of Microbiology, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Florence Grattard
Affiliation:
G1MAP, Laboratory of Microbiology, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Pascal Fascia
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Christine Fichtner
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Martine Moulin
Affiliation:
Occupational Health Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Marie Pierre Lavocat
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Georges Teyssier
Affiliation:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Frédéric Lucht
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
Bruno Pozzetto
Affiliation:
G1MAP, Laboratory of Microbiology, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Sainte-Étienne, France
*
Infection Control Unit, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital of Bellevue, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne Cedex 2, France
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Abstract

This outbreak of colonization of neonates in a 10-bed pediatric intensive care unit illustrates the probable role of a healthcare worker (HCW) in the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, despite good hygienic practices. It raises the issue of preventive exclusion of HCWs affected by chronic skin disease from high-risk units.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , April 2003 , pp. 299 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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