Table 4.
Bed-Units with Positive Culture and Types of Staphylococci |
No. of Bed-Units (%) | ||
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Control | Experimental | ||
(Hypochlorite Cleaning) | (JUC + Hypochlorite Cleaning) | ||
Bed-units of MRSA carrier (n = 3) | |||
Positive culture | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
CNS | 1 (33%) | 0 (0%) | |
MSSA | 2 (67%) | 0 (0%) | |
MRSA | 1 (33%) | 0 (0%) | |
Bed-units of non-MRSA carrier (n = 15) | |||
Positive culture | 11 (73%) | 2 (13%) | |
CNS | 2 (13%) | 2 (13%) | |
MSSA | 8 (53%) | 0 (0%) | |
MRSA | 3 (20%) | 0 (0%) | |
All bed-units (n = 18) | |||
Positive culture | 14 (78%) | 2 (11%) | |
CNS | 3 (17%) | 2 (11%) | |
MSSA | 10 (56%) | 0 (0%) | |
MRSA | 4 (22%) | 0 (0%) |
Note: The experimental arm consisted of the application of JUC spray in addition to daily hypochlorite wiping, while the control arm consisted of daily hypochlorite wiping alone. A total of 18 bed-units were studied for each arm.