MRSA Identification at Hospital Admission - Equation

Are you evaluating an adult being admitted to the hospital?

Yes

Age of the patient

year

Gender of the patient

Male

Female

Is the patient being transferred from another hospital?

Yes

Does the patient have an indwelling urinary catheter?

Yes

Does the patient have a history of?

• being previously hospitalized during the past year?

Yes

• having intravenous therapy during the past year?

Yes

• receiving a carbapenem during the past 6 months?

Yes

• receiving a fluoroquinolone during the past 6 months?

Yes

• receiving a cephalosporin during the past 6 months?

Yes

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Patient Concerns

Societal Concerns

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Risk Score for Identifying a Patient with Unknown Carriage of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) at Hospital Admission

Purpose: To identify a patient being admitted to the hospital who is at risk for carriage of MRSA using the risk score of Harbarth et al.