The Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Controls

TL;DR

This paper reviews and compares hand washing and isolation strategies for controlling MRSA infections, aiming to improve infection control practices in Australian hospitals.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive survey of global technologies for MRSA infection control, focusing on hand hygiene and isolation methods, with recommendations for Australian healthcare settings.

Findings

Hand washing is a critical control measure for MRSA.

Isolation strategies vary in effectiveness and implementation.

Technological advancements can enhance infection control practices.

Abstract

Multi-resistant organisms (MROs), the bacteria that are resistant to a number of different antibiotics, have been very popular around the world in recent years. They are very difficult to treat but highly infectious in humans. MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is one of the MROs. It is believed that in 2007 more people died of MRSA than of AIDS worldwide. In Australia "there are about 2000 people per year who have a bloodstream infection with the MRSA germ and the vast majority of those get them from health care procedure" (Nader, 2005). It is acknowledged as a significant challenge to Australian hospitals for MRSA infection control. Nursing professionals are in urgent need of the study of MRSA nosocomial infection controls. This review provides insight into the hand washing and isolation infection-control strategies for MRSA. The important technologies on those two aspects worldwide are well surveyed, compared, contrasted, and discussed. The review is to do a complete survey on the hand washing and isolation technologies of infection controls for MRSA and try to provide some possible recommendations for Australian hospitals.