Table 5.
Factors associated with the acquisition of MRSA among S. aureus colonized medical students on clinical attachment at JUMC from May to August, 2016.
| Variables | Total number | MRSA colonization |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 31), n (%) | No (n = 51), n (%) | |||
| Using gloves while handling a patient | ||||
| Yes | 75 | 27 (36.0) | 48 (64.0) | 0.480 |
| No | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Hand decontamination score | ||||
| High | 11 | 4 (36.4) | 7 (63.6) | 0.41 |
| Moderate | 36 | 11 (30.6) | 25 (69.4) | |
| Low | 35 | 16 (45.7) | 19 (54.3) | |
| Antibiotic use in the past one year | ||||
| Yes | 8 | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 0.71 |
| No | 74 | 27 (36.5) | 47 (63.5) | |
| Duration of exposure to hospital environment | ||||
| <1year | 27 | 5 (18.5) | 22 (81.5) | 0.03 |
| 1–2 years | 24 | 10 (41.7) | 14 (58.3) | |
| >2 years | 31 | 16 (51.6) | 15 (48.4) | |
High decontamination score = always using sanitizers, Moderate score = always using water, soap with sanitizers sometimes, Low score = always using water only or water with soap sometime.