Low frequency of environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an inner city emergency department and a human immunodeficiency virus outpatient clinic

Jonathan A. Otter; Catherine L. Passaretti; Gary L. French; Tracy Ross; Karen C. Carroll; Trish M. Perl

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.022

Low frequency of environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an inner city emergency department and a human immunodeficiency virus outpatient clinic

Jonathan A. Otter, Catherine L. Passaretti, Gary L. French, Tracy Ross, Karen C. Carroll, Trish M. Perl

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Abstract

We investigated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) environmental contamination in an inner city outpatient clinic and emergency department (ED). Moistened cotton-tipped swabs were used to sample 63 surfaces in the outpatient clinic and 69 surfaces in the ED. MRSA was identified on none of the 63 surfaces in the outpatient clinic and on 7% of the 69 surfaces in the ED. Our findings may have implications for cleaning and disinfection regimens in outpatient settings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	151-153
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.022
State	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

ED
HIV
MRSA
cleaning
decontamination
disinfection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Otter, J. A., Passaretti, C. L., French, G. L., Ross, T., Carroll, K. C., & Perl, T. M. (2011). Low frequency of environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an inner city emergency department and a human immunodeficiency virus outpatient clinic. American Journal of Infection Control, 39(2), 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.022

Low frequency of environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an inner city emergency department and a human immunodeficiency virus outpatient clinic. / Otter, Jonathan A.; Passaretti, Catherine L.; French, Gary L. et al.
In: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol. 39, No. 2, 03.2011, p. 151-153.

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Otter, JA, Passaretti, CL, French, GL, Ross, T, Carroll, KC & Perl, TM 2011, 'Low frequency of environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an inner city emergency department and a human immunodeficiency virus outpatient clinic', American Journal of Infection Control, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.022

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