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Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission
A recent countrywide MRSA spa-type 1081 outbreak in The Netherlands predominantly affected nursing homes, generating questions on how infection spreads within and between nursing homes despite a low national prevalence. Since the transfer of residents between nursing homes is uncommon in The Netherl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426333/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27917736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816002831 |
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author | VAN GAALEN, R. D. HOPMAN, H. A. HAENEN, A. VAN DEN DOOL, C. |
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description | A recent countrywide MRSA spa-type 1081 outbreak in The Netherlands predominantly affected nursing homes, generating questions on how infection spreads within and between nursing homes despite a low national prevalence. Since the transfer of residents between nursing homes is uncommon in The Netherlands, we hypothesized that staff exchange plays an important role in transmission. This exploratory study investigated the extent of former (last 2 years) and current staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands. We relied on a questionnaire that was targeted towards nursing-home staff members who had contact with residents. We found that 17·9% and 12·4% of the nursing-home staff formerly (last 2 years) or currently worked in other healthcare institutes besides their job in the nursing home through which they were selected to participate in this study. Moreover, 39·7% of study participants worked on more than one ward. Our study shows that, in The Netherlands, nursing-home staff form a substantial number of links between wards within nursing homes and nursing homes are linked to a large network of healthcare institutes through their staff members potentially providing a pathway for MRSA transmission between nursing homes and throughout the country. |
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spelling | pubmed-54263332017-05-22 Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission VAN GAALEN, R. D. HOPMAN, H. A. HAENEN, A. VAN DEN DOOL, C. Epidemiol Infect Original Papers A recent countrywide MRSA spa-type 1081 outbreak in The Netherlands predominantly affected nursing homes, generating questions on how infection spreads within and between nursing homes despite a low national prevalence. Since the transfer of residents between nursing homes is uncommon in The Netherlands, we hypothesized that staff exchange plays an important role in transmission. This exploratory study investigated the extent of former (last 2 years) and current staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands. We relied on a questionnaire that was targeted towards nursing-home staff members who had contact with residents. We found that 17·9% and 12·4% of the nursing-home staff formerly (last 2 years) or currently worked in other healthcare institutes besides their job in the nursing home through which they were selected to participate in this study. Moreover, 39·7% of study participants worked on more than one ward. Our study shows that, in The Netherlands, nursing-home staff form a substantial number of links between wards within nursing homes and nursing homes are linked to a large network of healthcare institutes through their staff members potentially providing a pathway for MRSA transmission between nursing homes and throughout the country. Cambridge University Press 2017-03 2016-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5426333/ /pubmed/27917736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816002831 Text en © Cambridge University Press 2016 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Papers VAN GAALEN, R. D. HOPMAN, H. A. HAENEN, A. VAN DEN DOOL, C. Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission |
title | Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission |
title_full | Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission |
title_fullStr | Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission |
title_full_unstemmed | Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission |
title_short | Staff exchange within and between nursing homes in The Netherlands and potential implications for MRSA transmission |
title_sort | staff exchange within and between nursing homes in the netherlands and potential implications for mrsa transmission |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426333/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27917736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816002831 |
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