Survival of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) on Naturally Contaminated Dry Mops

Overview

Journal J Hosp Infect

Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases

Date 1996 Oct 1

PMID 8910757

Citations 17

Authors

S Oie

A Kamiya

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Abstract

The floors of single rooms being used by inpatients colonized by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were cleaned using disposable dust-attracting dry mops. Each mop was divided into 12 sections and MRSA quantified serially. This experiment was repeated a total of 21 times for four patients. The MRSA survival rate on the dry mops compared with a control was 59.0-125% after seven days, 26.3-41.6% after 14 days, 0.1-16.2% after 28 days, 0-0.1% after 56 days and 0% after 84 days. MRSA disseminated by patients over the environment can survive for several weeks on dry mops.

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