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Epidemiology 2016
October 3-5, 2016
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Epidemiology & Public HealthOctober 3-5, 2016|London, UK
4th International Conference on
METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) : AWARENESS AND
KNOWLEDGE AMONG MANSOURA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A FIELD STUDY
Mahmoud Magdi Mohamed Elsayed Ali Abdoua, Muhammed Alaa Ahmed Moukhtar Hammad a, Nihal Mostafa Hassan Saleh Saleha, Belal
Abdelkader Abdo Elsayeda, Mohamed Issam Abd Alaziz Eldereini Kabshaa, Mohamed Hani El-Sayed Shahina, Lena Osama Fath Sharf Shoaiba,
Ahmed Mohamed Abdelaziz Ali Mekkia, Maryam Mohiy Eldin Shehataa, Sara El Bayoumia Mohamed Abo Dabesha, Sara Alaa Uddin Farid Elhefnawi a,
Mahmoud Salah Elajouza and Amr Nabil Mansour Alia
aMansoura University School of Medicine, Egypt
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus(MRSA) is a strain of Staphylococcus Aureus that has developed
resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics and thus is considerably dangerous.
Aim(s)/Objective(s): To evaluate the current level of knowledge of MRSA among medical students and para medical students
given that health workers are vulnerable to catching the disease. Also to raise awareness of the risk factors for MRSA infection
and the protective measures individuals and institutions can take.
Method: This is a field study carried in the campus of the Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt. A stand has been divided into:
a pre-survey, an awareness station and a post-survey. Students were asked to participate in the survey and were handed the pre-
survey questionnaire. The students were asked to identify their gender, area of study and level of education. The questionnaire
addressed basic facts about MRSA and how to prevent it, its route of transmission, risk of morbidity and mortality, treatments
available and countries afflicted. The next station was an awareness station where a talk was given to students about MRSA
in small groups. Brochures and educational videos were shown to them. Last station was post-survey; which had the same
questionnaire as pre-survey.
Results: were collected and analysed Results Out of 674 students surveyed, 534 acknowledged the prevention measures needed
to prevent MRSA. 620 even knew how to diagnose it roughly by learning more about its complications. Moreover, after the post
survey 545 students knew how to effectively attempt treating the MRSA.
Conclusion: Involving health care workers through awareness to follow infection control measures to limit developing the
spread of MRSA in hospital settings.
Biography :
Mahmoud Magdi is an undergraduate in the Mansoura University, School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt. He was born in Fujairah, UAE, from full Egyptian parents,
and later moved to the Egypt for higher Education. In 2014, He made the decision to pursue Medicine as a life career and was a member of Mansoura University
Safety Society (MUSS). He aspires to seek higher education and health care profession in other continents such as Europe and North America. Because of his love
for research, he continues to strive for the needs of international students by leading the Mansoura University Safety Society from 2016. He also plans to continue
making research in the future regarding the implementation and improvement of health care.
Mahmoud Magdi Mohamed Elsayed Ali Abdou et al., Epidemiology (Sunnyvale), 6:5(Suppl)