Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Among Hospital Employees: Prevalence, Duration, and Transmission to Households

Abstract

Few data are available concerning the prevalence of MRSA carriers among hospital employees in the absence of an outbreak among patients. MRSA transmission between patients and employees likely depends on the frequency and duration of exposure to MRSA-positive patients and infection control measures employed. Frequent transmission of MRSA from colonized healthcare workers to their households was documented.