Others titles
- Severe Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- HAI Progress Report 2013
Keywords
- Health Outcomes
- Patient Outcomes
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Infections After Surgery
- Surgical Site Infections
- Superficial Infections
- Surgical Infection Guidelines
- Surgical Infection Facilities
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Hospital Onset Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
MRSA is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics. In a healthcare setting, such as a hospital or nursing home, MRSA can cause severe problems such as bloodstream infections, pneumonia, and surgical site infections; values about this infection are found in this dataset.
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Description
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is usually spread by direct contact with an infected wound or from contaminated hands, usually those of healthcare providers. Also, people who carry MRSA but do not have signs of infection can spread the bacteria to others and potentially cause an infection.
The only way to know if MRSA is the cause of an infection is to perform a laboratory culture of the bacteria. Obtaining bacteria to culture is a procedure done by a doctor.
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is engaged in several short- and long-term surveillance (infection tracking) projects that involve collaboration with health departments, individual hospital, and academic medical centers, among others. Understanding the burden of MRSA – how much is occurring, where it is happening, and how it is being spread – is essential for developing effective prevention programs and measuring their impact.
Studies show that about one in three (33%) people carry staph in their nose, usually without any illness. Two in 100 people carry MRSA. There are no data showing the total number of people who get MRSA skin infections in the community.
Although MRSA is still a major patient threat, a CDC studyExternal Web Site Icon published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine showed that invasive (life-threatening) MRSA infections in healthcare settings are declining. Invasive MRSA infections that began in hospitals declined 54% between 2005 and 2011, with 30,800 fewer severe MRSA infections. In addition, the study showed 9,000 fewer deaths in hospital patients in 2011 versus 2005.
This study (or report) complements data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) that found rates of MRSA bloodstream infections occurring in hospitalized patients fell nearly 50% from 1997 to 2007.
About this Dataset
Data Info
Date Created | 2015 |
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Last Modified | 2016-03-02 |
Version | 1 |
Update Frequency |
Annual |
Temporal Coverage |
N/A |
Spatial Coverage |
United States |
Source | John Snow Labs; Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov); |
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Keywords | Health Outcomes, Patient Outcomes, Healthcare Associated Infections, Infections After Surgery, Surgical Site Infections, Superficial Infections, Surgical Infection Guidelines, Surgical Infection Facilities, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
Other Titles | Severe Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, HAI Progress Report 2013 |
Data Fields
Name | Description | Type | Constraints |
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State | Name of U.S. State, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico | string | required : 1 |
Number_of_Facilities_in_State | Identifies the number of acute care facilities in a state. | integer | level : Ratiorequired : 1 |
Any_State_Mandate_2013 | Indicates that whether a legislative or regulatory requirement (“state mandate”) exists or not for acute care hospitals to report data to the state health department or hospital association via NHSN for the given HAI type. The values are "Yes", "No" or "M". "M" indicates that no state mandate existed at the beginning of the reporting period, but was implemented during the reporting period as midyear implementation. | string | required : 1 |
Any_Validation_2013 | Indicates whether the state health department reported the completion of all validation activities. The Values are "Yes", "No" and "YesA". "YesA" indicates that the state also conducted an audit of facility medical or laboratory records prior to July 1, 2014 to confirm proper case ascertainment. | string | required : 1 |
NHSN_Reporting_In_State_Number_of_Facilities_Reporting_2013 | Identifies the number of facilities reporting in the state for the year 2012. | integer | level : Ratiorequired : 1 |
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State | Number of Facilities in State | Any State Mandate 2013 | Any Validation 2013 | NHSN Reporting In State Number of Facilities Reporting 2013 |
Alaska | 26 | No | No | 11 |
Alabama | 118 | No | No | 93 |
Arkansas | 87 | Yes | Yes | 47 |
Arizona | 97 | No | No | 63 |
California | 417 | Yes | Yes | 359 |
Colorado | 94 | No | No | 56 |
Connecticut | 41 | Yes | YesA | 32 |
D.C. | 12 | Yes | Yes | 9 |
Delaware | 13 | Yes | No | 8 |
Florida | 237 | No | No | 190 |