Hospital Acquired and Community Acquired MRSA in GI Lab

Indiana University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Community Acquired MRSA; Hospital Acquired MRSA

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00577343

0705-31

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hospital acquired and community acquired methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) has become an important health issue for in recent years. Up to two thirds of patients that are hospitalized may be colonized with MRSA. The prevalence in the community is also on the rise and affects the young and healthy. It is unclear what the true prevalence of MRSA is in our own hospital and outpatient setting. This information would be relevant to how healthcare staff adhere to contact and universal precautions. : The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of MRSA in patients that have gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No evidence of dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit the giving and understanding of informed consent, and no evidence of psychiatric risk that would preclude adequate compliance with this protocol.

Subjects must provide signed written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to provide written informed consent.