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Curbing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 38 French hospitals through a 15-year institutional control program

David Trystram
Sandra Fournier
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Anne Carbonne Berger
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Laurence Marty
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Annie Buu-Hoi
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Claude-James Soussy
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Michelle Aggoune
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Collégiale de France
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BACKGROUND: The Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) institution administers 38 teaching hospitals (23 acute care and 15 rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals; total, 23 000 beds) scattered across Paris and surrounding suburbs in France. In the late 1980s, the proportion of methicillin resistance among clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reached approximately 40% at AP-HP.METHODS: A program aimed at curbing the MRSA burden was launched in 1993, based on passive and active surveillance, barrier precautions, training, and feedback. This program, supported by the strong commitment of the institution, was reinforced in 2001 by a campaign promoting the use of alcohol-based hand-rub solutions. An observational study on MRSA rate was prospectively carried out from 1993 onwards. RESULTS: There was a significant progressive decrease in MRSA burden (-35%) from 1993 to 2007, whether recorded as the proportion (expressed as percentage) of MRSA among S aureus strains (41.0% down to 26.6% overall; 45.3% to 24.2% in blood cultures) or incidence of MRSA cases (0.86 down to 0.56 per 1000 hospital days). The MRSA burden decreased more markedly in intensive care units (-59%) than in surgical (-44%) and medical (-32%) wards. The use of ABHR solutions (in liters per 1000 hospital days) increased steadily from 2 L to 21 L (to 26 L in acute care hospitals and to 10 L in rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals) following the campaign. CONCLUSION: A sustained reduction of MRSA burden can be obtained at the scale of a large hospital institution with high endemic MRSA rates, providing that an intensive program is maintained for a long period.

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hal-03134653 , version 1 (08-02-2021)

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Vincent Jarlier, David Trystram, Christian Brun-Buisson, Sandra Fournier, Anne Carbonne Berger, et al.. Curbing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 38 French hospitals through a 15-year institutional control program. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2010, 170 (6), pp.552 - 559. ⟨10.1001/archinternmed.2010.32⟩. ⟨hal-03134653⟩
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