This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support a study by the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to quantify the risk of transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) from nursing home residents to healthcare providers. The $427,625 award will fund enrollment of 50 MDRO-colonized short-stay and long-stay nursing home residents, with the goal of comparing their MDRO transmission risk to that of 50 MDRO-colonized chronic ventilator residents previously studied. The results will assess the feasibility of using relative MDRO transmission risk, as measured by quantitative cultures of healthcare providers' gowns and gloves after resident care, to guide implementation of enhanced barrier precautions in nursing homes. This project aims to provide evidence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the appropriate use of enhanced barrier precautions to prevent MDRO transmission in this high-risk population.
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