Comparison of Bacterial Contamination Rates Between Isolation and Non-isolation Rooms

West Virginia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01671358

WVU-00010

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of isolation rooms in hospitals and their contents, particularly medications and the delivery folders are at a higher risk of having harmful bacteria on them.

Full description

Studies show high touch areas maybe contaminated with organisms such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. MRSA can live on hospital surfaces for 9-14 days. Patients in rooms that were previously MRSA isolation rooms are at higher risk for developing a hospital-acquired infection.

This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of MRSA isolation rooms and their contents, particularly medications and the pharmacy delivery folders are at a higher risk of having MRSA colonization on them. This study will use conventional methods to determine if MRSA colonization is present and compare results between non-isolation and isolation rooms. This will evaluate if alternate measures for the reduction of MRSA colonization are needed for the MRSA isolation rooms in regards to medication delivery and storage.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient rooms with isolation status for MRSA
• Patient rooms without isolation status for MRSA for 14 days

Exclusion criteria

• Rooms without medication cabinets directly outside the room

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

Isolation Rooms for MRSA

Description:

Rooms that currently have a patient in them that are in isolation status due to MRSA

Non-isolation rooms

Description:

Rooms that have not been occupied by a patient in isolation due to MRSA for 14 days