Analysis of CA-MRSA Transmission: An ED Population Sampling Strategy

Completed

Conditions studied: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

In brief

Given that the Emergency Department (ED) has become the entry way for large populations of patients into the health care system, a strategy of sampling MRSA isolates in ED populations and merging this information with patient-level data may present a window to hypothesize and investigate CA-MRSA transmission within the community and its impact on hospital-acquired infections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02363166

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

575

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-04-04

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-21

Who can join

Age: 0 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient or Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) must have voluntarily signed an Institutional Review Board-approved informed consent form before initiation of any study procedures
• Patient presents with an acute abscess or a non-post-operative skin/soft tissue infection
• Patient presents through the UFHealth Shands Emergency Department

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are employed by UFHealth and provide direct patient care
• Patients who have previously been enrolled in the study
• Patients who are not suitable for the study in the opinion of the investigator

Where it is running

• UF Health — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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