Residents from 13 community-based nursing homes located in Maryland and Michigan participated in this study of MRSA transmission rates to healthcare personnel (HCP) during routine care activities. Upon enrollment, cultures were taken at the anterior nares and perianal skin. Of the 401 participants, 113 were MRSA colonized. A random sample of non-colonized residents were also included in the study. HCP gloves and gowns were swabbed after each interaction with participants and the activity type and duration recorded. This dataset includes resident characteristics (demographics, health status, etc.) type of care activity, and transmission rates.
The dataset contains data pertaining to the examination of draft genomes of 388 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from intensive care unit patients at three geographically distributed hospitals. The purpose of the study was to determine genomic diversity associated with potential health care worker-associated transmission. Relevant statistics, including linked GenBank and SRA accession numbers for each genome assembly, are included in Table 1 of the associated publication.