Hospital-acquired infections before and after healthcare reorganization in a tertiary university hospital in Norway.

Background: To evaluate hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in somatic (all admissions other than psychiatric) and psychiatric patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Oslo, before and after reorganization of the Norwegian healthcare system in 2002.

Methods: Point prevalence studies were conducted four times per annum and over the period from 1995 to 2007.

Results: A total of 57,360 patients were studied over the whole time period: 80.

[An outbreak of MRSA in a nursing home in Oslo].

Background: Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represent an increasing problem in Norway, also in nursing homes and other institutions for long-term care. We describe an outbreak of MRSA in a nursing home in Oslo 2004-5.

Material And Methods: The nursing home has six wards with 185 beds.

Is an increase of MRSA in Oslo, Norway, associated with changed infection control policy?

Objectives: The objective was to describe the prevalence of MRSA in Oslo, Norway, before and after introduction of a new National MRSA Control Guideline.

Methods: From 1993 to 2006, we prospectively collected clinical and microbiological data on all MRSA cases in Oslo, Norway. Two MRSA guidelines; a strict Ullevål Standard MRSA Guideline and a less strict National MRSA Control Guideline were compared.

[Control of imported infections in nursing homes].

Background: Nursing home residents and accompanying staff often go on stays i Norwegian-owned health institutions in southern Europe and may bring infections back with them.

Material And Methods: We studied infection control routines for residents and staff returning home from health institutions abroad as well as isolation capacity by an anonymous questionnaire to 59 nursing homes with a total of 4,409 residents.

Results: 21 nursing homes (36%) sent their residents and staff members to health institutions abroad.

[Nosocomial infections in nursing homes in Oslo].

Background: Residents of long-term care facilities are at risk of infection and may deliver resistant microbes to hospitals.

Material And Methods: A point prevalence study was performed, including 3,474 residents in 2000 and 4,650 in 2001.

Results: The infection rate increased from 5.