Staphylococcus, not MRSA? A Final Report of Carriage and Conversion Rates in Nursing Students

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and characterize staphylococcal carriage, possibly including methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and conversion rates in nursing students across clinical semester rotations and to describe risk factors.

Infection Control Practices and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections: A Survey of Students in US Chiropractic Programs

“…Although there have been prior studies of clinical hygiene infection control behaviors among chiropractic students, 35,36 none has linked these behaviors to a health outcome, and none of the behaviors have been re-assessed in several years. Although there have been prior studies of MRSA nasal carriage in US health care students, [37][38][39][40][41][42] none that the author is aware of has specifically screened for postmatriculation infection history, though others have generally inquired about past MRSA infection. 42 This study sought to determine the rates of prematriculation and postmatriculation MRSA SSTI in a sample of chiropractic students and any association with hygiene-related behaviors and initiation of patient care.…”

“…Although there have been prior studies of MRSA nasal carriage in US health care students, [37][38][39][40][41][42] none that the author is aware of has specifically screened for postmatriculation infection history, though others have generally inquired about past MRSA infection. 42 This study sought to determine the rates of prematriculation and postmatriculation MRSA SSTI in a sample of chiropractic students and any association with hygiene-related behaviors and initiation of patient care.…”