Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection control and nasal MRSA carriage rate among dental health-care professionals

Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection control and nasal MRSA carriage rate among dental health-care professionals

Background: Dental health-care professionals (DHCPs) with nasal colonisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can serve as a reservoir for MRSA transmission to others and be exposed to self-contamination with MRSA. Evaluating the knowledge, attitudes and actual practice of DHCPs...

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Main Authors: Baek, S.-H (Author), Baek, Y.S (Author), Jeong, K.M (Author), Kwak, E.-J (Author), Yoo, Y.-J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2018
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
clinical competence
Clinical Competence
clinical practice
Cross-Sectional Studies
cross-sectional study
dental health-care professional
dental staff
Dental Staff, Hospital
disease transmission
drug effect
female
Female
health personnel attitude
Hospitals, University
human
Humans
infection control
Infection Control
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
isolation and purification
male
Male
methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
microbial sensitivity test
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
microbiology
nasal carriage
nose
Nose
Practice Patterns, Dentists'
prevention and control
questionnaire
Republic of Korea
South Korea
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus infection
Surveys and Questionnaires
transmission
university hospital
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