Search and Destroy

Tuesday, 9 September 2008 15:00 - 16:30, Halls B, C and D

Prevalence of MRSA carriage in health care workers working in a Western Australian acute care hospital
  • Patricia Verwer, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage upon hospital admission in the Netherlands remains very low (0.08%)
  • Lonneke Bode, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Discharge MRSA screening of surgical patients in Indonesia. A multicenter study
  • Dewi Santosaningsih, Brawijaya University/Dr.Saiful Anwar Hospital, Malang, Indonesia
Long-term follow-up of MRSA carriage in previously positive patients and their family members
  • Christina Ahren, Infection Control Unit, Sahlgrenska University hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
Transmission of MRSA to household contacts
  • Femke Mollema, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Reduction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-prevalence in highly endemic settings in Japan by active surveillance in association with contact precautions
  • Yoshio Uehara, Kochi Medical School, Japan
High success of MRSA eradication therapy by following a strict treatment protocol
  • Femke Mollema, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A sustained reduction of endemic methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an intensive care unit (ICU) at a tertiary hospital in Australia over an 8-year period in the absence of intensive infection control measures
  • Caroline Marshall, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Australia
Experience of MRSA eradication treatment in North Jutland County, Denmark
  • Robert Skov, State Serum Institute, Denmark
Decreasing incidence of MRSA following the release of new national guidelines in Denmark
  • Robert Skov, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
Education methodology in the control of MRSA
  • Joseph John, Charleston VA Medical Center, United States
Acquisition and infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA]: A comparison of extended care and acute care medicine wards in a U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center [VAMC]
  • Kent Crossley, Minneapolis VAMC and University of Minnesota Medical School, United States