MRSA Module 3 Evidence-tabel

Study reference Study characteristics Patient characteristics   Intervention (I) Comparison / control (C) 
 
Follow-up Outcome measures and effect size   Comments
Chuang (2015) Type of study:
Clustered RCT

Setting and country:
Residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) in Hong Kong.

Funding and conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest reported
This study was supported by the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases (RFCID) of the Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong SAR Government (grant number CHP-NS-04).
Inclusion criteria:
50-300-bed RCHEs located in three geographic districts with the same hospital catchment – Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong and Wong Tai Sin

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria

N total at baseline:
36 NHs – (N Int.=18;
N cnt.=18)
N=2776 -
(N Int.=1505/
N cnt.=1271)
Groups comparable at baseline?
yes
 
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
- Introduce and install alcohol-based hand rubs at designated areas
- Display poster demonstrating the Five Moments of correct hand hygiene indications and the Seven Steps of effective hand hygiene techniques from the World Health Organization
- Provide color-coded cleaning kits along with protocol to the NHs
- Isolate MRSA meticilline-resistente Staphylococcus aureus (meticilline-resistente Staphylococcus aureus) carriers from vulnerable residents who had indwelling catheters or skin lesion
- Reinforce contact precaution when handling the device and wounds of MRSA carrier
- Allow MRSA carriers without any wounds or indwelling catheters to participate in social activities
- Assess staff compliance with the interventions quarterly together with timely feedback to the stakeholders
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Continue the usual practice
Length of follow-up:
16 months

Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
MRSA (Unk) colonization
Prevalence
Pre-int.
Int.=316/1505 (21.0%)
Cnt.=249/1271 (19.6%)
OR: 1.11 (0.86,1.44); p=0.42
Post-int. (6mths)
Int.=341/1480 (23.0%)
Cnt.=239/1226 (19.5%)
OR: 1.18 (0.87,1.60); p=0.30
Post-int.(9mths)
Int.=304/1469 (20.7%)
Cnt.=231/1184 (19.5%)
OR: 1.06 (0.81,1.38); p=0.69
Post-int. (12mths)
Int.=303/1446 (21.0%)
Cnt.=243/1159 (21.0%)
OR: 0.99 (0.74, 1.34); p=0.95
Post-int. (15mths)
Int.=290/1367 (21.2%)
Cnt.=229/1116 (20.5%)
OR: 1.04 (0.72, 1.49); p=0.85
The study showed that relying on the infection control bundle alone could not bring sustainable MRSA reduction.
Administrative control for strengthening infection control infrastructure is important for continuous compliance and improvement.
Lopez-Alcalde (2015) Type of study:
Systematic Review

Setting and country:
 -.
Funding and conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest reported
This project was supported by the National Institute for Health Research, via Cochrane Infrastructure funding to Cochrane Wounds.
The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Systematic Reviews
Programme, NIHR, NHS or the Department of Health, UK.
Inclusion criteria:
 -
Exclusion criteria:
 -
N total at baseline: not applicable
 -
Groups comparable at baseline?: not applicable
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Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
The use of gloves, gowns, aprons or masks for interactions with the patient’s environment
 
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Any comparator provided that it allowed the eOect of gloving, gowning or masking on MRSA transmission to be separated out.
Length of follow-up:
Not applicable
Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable
Incomplete outcome data:
Not applicable
 
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
Not applicable
 
 
No eligible studies for this review, either completed or ongoing were identified.
Furuya (2018) Type of study:
Retrospective, nonrandomized observational study.

Setting and country:
800-bed adult academic medical center in New York City.

Funding and conflicts of interest:
This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National
Institutes of Health (grant no. R01 NR010822).
No conflicts of interest declared.
 
Inclusion criteria:
Data extracted from a clinical research database for 2006–2014 of all 6 ICUs in an 800-bed adult academic tertiary-care
hospital. These 6 ICUs include 2
medical ICUs (MICU-1 and -2), a surgical ICU (SICU), a cardiac ICU (CCU), a
cardiothoracic surgical ICU (CTICU), and a neurological ICU (NICU).

Exclusion criteria:
NI

N total at baseline:
NI

Groups comparable at baseline?
NI
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Universal contact precautions (universal gowning and gloving)
 
 
 
 
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
No universal contact precautions
Length of follow-up:
9 years

Loss-to-follow-up:
Not reported

Incomplete outcome data:
Not reported
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
Hospital-onset incidence density rates for MRSA: no significant decrease observed (P=0.112)
The results of this 9-year study suggest that decreases in MDROs, including
multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli, were more likely due to hospital-wide improvements in
infection prevention during this period and that UCP had no detectable additional impact.
Shahbaz (2020) Type of study:
Retrospective cohort study

Setting and country:
Infants who screened positive for MRSA (or MSSA) at two level III-IV University of California, Los Angeles NICU

Funding and conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest or funding disclosed.
 
Inclusion criteria:
Infants tested positive for MRSA or MSSA
 
Exclusion criteria:
Noncolonized infants matched by gestational age during same time period

N total at baseline:
83 patients with a positive surveillance cultures, 151 with negative screens
133 patients in cohort during contact precautions, 101 patients in the cohort after contact precautions were discontinued.
Groups comparable at baseline?:
No, colonized patients were of younger gestational age, smaller birth weight, lower 1’ and 5’ Apgar scores compared to non-colonized patients.
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Contact precautions (CP) – long sleeve gown, non-sterile gloves worn by healthcare provider and visitors during any care that required contact with the infant or the incubator.
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Eliminated contact precautions regardless of colonization status.
Length of follow-up:
 
Loss-to-follow-up:
NA

Incomplete outcome data:
NA
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
MRSA incidence/colonization
28.6% during CP vs 44.6% after CP (P=0.010)
 
 
 
 
The authors conclude that there was a lower incidence of S.aureus colonization during a time when contact precautions were utilized. Contact precautions may be an effective means of decreasing colonization rates.
Morgan (2020) Type of study:
Controlled before-after study

Setting and country:
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Long term care facilities

Funding and conflicts of interest:
D. J. M. has received grants as an investigator for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and develop-ment Service (HSR&D), the CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and National Institutes of Health; received grants as an investigator or co-investigator for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; received a Merit Award for infection control work from the HSR&D; received travel expenses from the IDSA and SHEA; and received textbook and journal honoraria from Springer Nature Inc. M. Z. has received a grant as a co-investigator from the HSR&D. M.-C. R. has received multiple grants as an investigator and co-investigator from the CDC and received a grant as an investigator from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Study was supported by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & development
Inclusion criteria:
Residents were included if they had an initial surveillance culture on admission that was negative for MRSA and at least 1 additional culture was collected

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria – residents were excluded from the cohort after having any positive MRSA culture.

N total at baseline:
74 LTCFs
N Int.=45;
N cnt.=28
N=75414
N Int.=45167 /
N Cnt.=30247
Groups comparable at baseline?
yes
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Apply contact precaution - Use of gowns and gloves for all contact with residents or with the environment within their rooms for those residents colonized or infected with MRSA
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Apply standard precaution (basic self-hygiene)
Length of follow-up:
48 months

Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
MRSA (Unk) acquisition
Prevalence (/1000 patient-days)
Int.= 2.55 (0.25%)
Cnt.= 2.54 (0.26%)
MRSA associated infections
Infections (/1000 patient-days)
Int.= 0.14 (0.01%)
Cnt.= 0.11 (0.01%)
The authors conclude that
contact precaution was not more effective in reducing MRSA acquisition and infection compared to standard precaution.
Schrank (2020) Type of study:
Retrospective, quasi-experimental study

Setting and country:
Tertiary, acacdemic medical centre, Boston, USA
Study period extende from May 2015 – April 2017

Funding and conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest declared
No specific grant declared
Inclusion criteria:
Nursing units operating for at least 1 month prior to and 1 month after implementation of the policy change

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria or haematology/oncology, psychiatry, obstetrics and neonatal units.

N total at baseline:
Groups comparable at baseline?
Yes
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Discontinuation contact precautions – only hand hygiene and PPE for encounters with potential exposure to bodily fluids/or non-intact skin
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Standard contact precautions
Length of follow-up:
1 year

Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
Patient falls and nosocomial pressure ulcers:
IRR 0.88 (95% CI: 0.65-1.19)
Nosocomial MRSA
1.58 (95% CI: 0.82-3.04)
 
 
The authors conclude that DcCP was associated with an increase in bed availability and revenue recovery, and a reduction in PPE expenditures. Benefits for other hospital operations metrics and patient outcomes were not identified.
Hetem (2013) Type of study:
Cohort study

Setting and country:
Netherlands, hospital

Funding and conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest reported
Study is supported by The Netherlands Organization
of Scientific Research
Inclusion criteria:
Medical microbiologists and infection control practitioners
in all 91 hospitals in the Netherlands were contacted
and asked to collect data concerning MRSA outbreaks and
the results of subsequent contact screening retrospectively
during June–August 2011 and prospectively during September–
November 2011

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria

N total at baseline:
N=141 MRSA index patients
N=47 secondary case patients
Groups comparable at baseline?
yes
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of MRSA-positive index patients
 
 
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of MRSA-positive secondary cases.
Length of follow-up:
Not applicable
 
Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data.
 
 
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):

Transmission:
Index patient (n=141)
LA-MRSA: n=40 (28.4%)
Other MRSA: n=101 (71.6%)
Secondary case patients (n=47)
LA-MRSA: n=3 (6.4%)
Other MRSA: n=44 (94.6%)
RR=0.09 (95% CI 0.04 to 0.24).

Discharge rate
LA-MRSA 1/13 days
Other MRSA: 1/10 days
The authors conclude that the lower transmissibility of LA-MRSA provide evidence that preemptive isolation may not be necessary for LA-MRSA, which would substantially enhance the feasibility of the current search and destroy policy
Omland (2012) Type of study:
Cohort study

Setting and country:
Denmark, hospital

Funding and conflicts of interest:
Not reported
Inclusion criteria:
All incident cases of MRSA carriage and
infection reported in the period January 2008 – December
2009 to the National Centre for Antimicrobial and Infectious
Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, from North
Denmark Region

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria

N total at baseline:
N=109 MRSA
mean age (range):
 37.1 years (range 0.3-91years)
Status:
Carrier status: n=52
Infection status: n=56
Unknown status: n=1
Groups comparable at baseline?
yes
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of LA-MRSA-positive patients
 
 
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of other MRSA-positive patients
 
Length of follow-up:
Not applicable

Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data.
 
 
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):

MRSA infection:
LA-MRSA: 8/26 cases
Other MRSA: 48/83 cases
RR=0.53 (95% CI 0.29 to 0.97).
The authors conclude that the presented population-based retrospective study shows an infectious potential of CC398 in humans.
Wassenberg (2011) Type of study:
Cohort study

Setting and country:
Netherlands, hospital

Funding and conflicts of interest:
Authors report conflict of interest for receiving fees from
3M, Destiny Pharma, Novabay and
Wyeth, Becton Dickinson.
Ipsat therapies, Cepheid, Novartis,
Bayer,
Kimberly Clark and Pfizer.
 
Inclusion criteria:
All patients and HCWs who had been screened for MRSA after
exposure to MRSA index patients from July 2006 to October
2006 (3 months retrospectively) and from October 2006 to
January 2007 (3 months prospectively)

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria

N total at baseline:
n=174 MRSA index cases
Clinical screening: n=7892
Outpatient screening:
n=507
 Groups comparable at baseline?
yes
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of ST398 positive isolates
 
 
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of other MRSA isolates
 
Length of follow-up:
Not applicable

Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data.
 
 
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):

Transmission:
ST398:3/1147
Other MRSA:62/6745
RR= 0.28 (95%CI 0.09-0.90).

Duration of hospital stay (days):
ST398:94 (median: 1.5)
Other MRSA: 489 (median: 4.0)
The authors conclude that nosocomial transmission of ST398 MRSA to HCWs and patients is 72% less likely than that of non-ST398 MRSA strains.
Wulf (2012) Type of study:
Cohort study

Setting and country:
Netherlands, hospital

Funding and conflicts of interest:
Not reported.
 
Inclusion criteria:
all MRSA positive cultures from
the laboratory system between July 2002 and December
2008 were included

Exclusion criteria:
Not fulfilling inclusion criteria

N total at baseline:
n=612 isolates
 Groups comparable at baseline?
yes
Describe intervention (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of ST398 positive isolates
 
 
Describe control (treatment/procedure/test):
Spa typing of other MRSA isolates
 
Length of follow-up:
Not applicable
 
Loss-to-follow-up:
Not applicable

Incomplete outcome data:
No incomplete outcome data.
 
 
Outcome measures and effect size (include 95%CI and p-value if available):
 
MRSA infection:
ST398:30/292
Other MRSA:50/323
RR= 0.49 (95% CI 0.32 to 0.76)..
 
 
The authors conclude that the emergence of MRSA ST398 led to an
increase in MRSA infections.