902Hospital Characteristics and Infection Prevention and Control Strategies Associated with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Canadian Hospitals

Engaging patients in the prevention of health care-associated infections: a survey of patients' awareness, knowledge, and perceptions regarding the risks and consequences of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are major health care-associated infections (HAIs). Little is known about patients' knowledge of these HAIs. Therefore, we surveyed patients to determine awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of MRSA infections and CDI. DESIGN An interviewer-administered questionna...

Working relationships of infection prevention and control programs and environmental services and associations with antibiotic-resistant organisms in Canadian acute care hospitals.

BACKGROUND Environmental contamination in hospitals with antibiotic-resistant organisms (AROs) is associated with patient contraction of AROs. This study examined the working relationship of Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) and Environmental Services and the impact of that relationship on ARO rates. METHODS Lead infection control professionals completed an online survey that assessed t...

115Comparison of Emerging Infections Program (EIP) and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Datasets for Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)

115. Comparison of Emerging Infections Program (EIP) and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Datasets for Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Erin C. Phipps, DVM; Susan Petit, MPH; Richard Rodriguez, MPH; Richard Melchreit, MD; New Mexico Emerging Infections Program, Albuquerque, NM; Connecticut Department of Public ...

Hospital infection control strategies for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile.

Differences in hospital-associated multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile rates using 2-day versus 3-day definitions.

We surveyed infection prevention programs in 16 hospitals for hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci, extended-spectrum β-lactamase, and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter acquisition, as well as hospital-associated MRSA bacteremia and Clostridium difficile infection based on defining events as occurring >2 days versus >3 days aft...