| |
Healthcare workersa (n = 863)
|
|---|
| | |
S. aureus
|
MRSA
|
|---|
|
Variable
|
HCWb group (n)
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
|---|
|
Contact with patients
|
746
|
81 (10.9)
|
14 (1.9)
|
|
No contact with patients
|
105
|
7 (6.7)
|
0
|
|
Type of healthcare workerc
|
|
Physician
|
183
|
13 (7.1)
|
1 (0.6)
|
|
Nurse
|
203
|
23 (11.2)
|
4 (2.0)
|
|
Medical technologist
|
18
|
3 (16.7)
|
2 (11.1)
|
|
Other (clerk, service assistant)
|
9
|
1 (11.0)
|
0
|
|
Work placec
|
|
Outpatient department
|
5
|
3 (60.0)
|
0
|
|
Operating theatre
|
6
|
1 (16.7)
|
0
|
|
Ward
|
87
|
11 (12.5)
|
2 (2.3)
|
|
Other (administration)
|
52
|
2 (3.9)
|
0
|
- a Includes all hospital employees: medical doctors, nurses, midwives, nursing students, medical and pharmacy students, interns, occasional workers, medical technologists, pharmacists, cleaning staff, and receptionists
- b Healthcare worker
- c For available data
