Infection control crisis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an intensive care unit at a Jordanian hospital, 2016: a teaching case-study

Infection control crisis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an intensive care unit at a Jordanian hospital, 2016: a teaching case-study

Ilham Abu-Khader^1,&, Tareq Sanouri¹, Nancy Abdul-Rahim², Yousef Khader³, Malak A Shaheen⁴

 

¹Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET), Amman, Jordan, ²Ministry of Health, Amman-Jordan, ³Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, ⁴Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

 

 

^&Corresponding author
Ilham Abu-Khader, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET), Amman, Jordan

 

 

 

 

General instructions: this case study should be used as adjunct training material for novice epidemiology trainees to reinforce the concepts taught in prior lectures. The case study is ideally taught by a facilitator in groups of about 20 participants. Participants are to take turns reading the case study, usually a paragraph per student. The facilitator guides the discussion on possible responses to questions. The facilitator may make use of flip charts to illustrate certain points. Additional instructor’s notes for facilitation are coupled with each question in the instructor’s guide to aid facilitation.

 

Audience: this case study was developed for novice field epidemiology students. These participants are commonly health care workers working in the county departments of health whose background may be as medical doctors, nurses, environmental health officers or laboratory scientists who work in public health-related fields. Most have a health science or biology background.

 

Prerequisites: before using this case study, participants should have received lectures on hospital surveillance prevention and control.

 

Materials needed: flash drive, flip charts, markers, computers with MS Excel

 

Level of training and associated public health activity: Novice –MRSA, infection control

 

Time required: 2-3 hours

 

Language: English

 

 

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The authors declare no competing interests.

 

 

Authors would like to acknowledge The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) for their technical support.

 

 

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