Christian Backer Mogensen, Poul Kjældgaard, Charlotte Jensen and Ming Chen, Akutforskningsenheden, Sygehus Sønderjylland MRSA screening in ED detects a.

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1 Christian Backer Mogensen, Poul Kjældgaard, Charlotte Jensen and Ming Chen, Akutforskningsenheden, Sygehus Sønderjylland MRSA screening in ED detects a minority of MRSA carriers.

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3 3 MRSA carriage Enheden for akutforskning

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8 Aim: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of MRSA among all acutely admitted ED patients and to evaluate the ability of the NBH screening tool to detect MRSA patients. 8 Enheden for akutforskning

9 9 Methods: ED: entrance to the hospital 3 month survey 1220 patients Enheden for akutforskning

10 Results: How many acute patients have MRSA ? 0 % 0,5% 1% 2% 5% 10% 10 Enheden for akutforskning

11 11 of 1220 patients = 0.9 % 11 Enheden for akutforskning

12 How is the SST screening working ? 12 Enheden for akutforskning

13 How many MRSA patients do we find by SST screening questions? 20 % 30% 50% 70% 100% 13 Enheden for akutforskning

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18 Conclusion and discussion We do not identify the majority of MRSA carriers in the ED. Can we improve ? How ? 18 Enheden for akutforskning

19 More careful screening using present questions? Other questions ? Screening of all patients ? The HIV approach: pretend all has MRSA ? 19

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