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Nasal acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus in partly divided wards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

O. M. Lidwell ,
J. Davies ,
R. W. Payne ,
P. Newman  and
R. E. O. Williams
O. M. Lidwell
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, N. W. 9
J. Davies
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, N. W. 9
R. W. Payne
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn, Herts.
P. Newman
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn, Herts.
R. E. O. Williams
Affiliation:
Wright-Fleming Institute, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, W. 2
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The spread of coagulase-positive staphylococci has been studied in a modern hospital in which most of the patients were nursed in 4-bed rooms separated from a common corridor only by low dividing walls. Acquisition of new nasal strains from patients in other bedrooms was nearly as easy as from patients in the neighbouring beds. There was no indication that subdivision of this type hindered the spread of nasal strains as compared with open wards of the ‘Nightingale’ pattern.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 113 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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