NCT01671358

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

Comparison of Contamination Rates of Medication Storage Cabinets Between Isolation and Non-isolation Rooms With Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 400 (actual)
• Sponsor: West Virginia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2012-08-23
• Last updated: 2015-06-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States