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| Title |
An investigation of contact transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Hospital Infection, October 2004
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.06.010 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
E.S. McBryde, L.C. Bradley, M. Whitby, D.L.S. McElwain |
| Abstract |
Hand hygiene is critical in the healthcare setting and it is believed that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), for example, is transmitted from patient to patient largely via the hands of health professionals. A study has been carried out at a large teaching hospital to estimate how often the gloves of a healthcare worker are contaminated with MRSA after contact with a colonized patient. The effectiveness of handwashing procedures to decontaminate the health professionals' hands was also investigated, together with how well different healthcare professional groups complied with handwashing procedures. The study showed that about 17% (9-25%) of contacts between a healthcare worker and a MRSA-colonized patient results in transmission of MRSA from a patient to the gloves of a healthcare worker. Different health professional groups have different rates of compliance with infection control procedures. Non-contact staff (cleaners, food services) had the shortest handwashing times. In this study, glove use compliance rates were 75% or above in all healthcare worker groups except doctors whose compliance was only 27%. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 107 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 17% |
| Researcher | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Unknown | 21 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 4% |
| Engineering | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 17% |
| Unknown | 28 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 June 2018.
All research outputs
#5,446,629
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Hospital Infection
#1,177
of 4,044 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,257
of 75,445 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Hospital Infection
#5
of 11 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,373,627 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 75th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,044 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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