Memorandum [Air Raid Precautions]

"Memorandum [Air Raid Precautions]," United States Embassy in London, c. Nov.1939. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, Charles Albert Converse Papers, 1939-1940 [ms158er1-018]. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/3036. | Typewritten report. 1 page, missing other pages. Note: "Mr. Converse." `converse-charles_memo_c1939` Related material: McDonald, George C. Air Raid Precautions for the American Embassy.The following steps have been taken at No. 1 Grosvenor Square for the protection of those members of the staff who may be in the building during an air raid. All windows to the Embassy’s basement have been heavily sandbagged on the outside and sealed inside with shields to prevent shattering of glass and entrance of gases

High prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the surgical units of Mulago hospital in Kampala, Uganda

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is limited data on Methicillin resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>(MRSA) in Uganda where, as in most low income countries, the routine use of chromogenic agar for MRSA detection is not affordable. We aimed to determine MRSA prevalence among patients, healthcare workers (HCW) and the environment in the burns units at Mulago hospital, and compare the performance of CHROMagar with oxacillin for detection of MRSA.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>One hundred samples (from 25 patients; 36 HCW; and 39 from the environment, one sample per person/item) were cultured for the isolation of <it>Staphylococcus aureus</it>. Forty one <it>S. aureus </it>isolates were recovered from 13 patients, 13 HCW and 15 from the environment, all of which were oxacillin resistant and <it>mecA/femA/nuc</it>-positive. MRSA prevalence was 46% (41/89) among patients, HCW and the environment, and 100% (41/41) among the isolates. For CHROMagar, MRSA prevalence was 29% (26/89) among patients, HCW and the environment, and 63% (26/41) among the isolates. There was high prevalence of multidrug resistant isolates, which concomitantly possessed virulence and antimicrobial resistance determinants, notably biofilms, hemolysins, toxin and <it>ica </it>genes. One isolate positive for all determinants possessed the <it>bhp </it>homologue which encodes the biofilm associated protein (BAP), a rare finding in human isolates. SCC<it>mec </it>type I was the most common at 54% prevalence (22/41), followed by <it>SCCmec </it>type V (15%, 6/41) and <it>SCCmec </it>type IV (7%, 3/41). <it>SCCmec </it>types II and III were not detected and 10 isolates (24%) were non-typeable.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Hyper-virulent methicillin resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>is prevalent in the burns unit of Mulago hospital.</p

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Cover title.; At head of title: Australian Capital Territory.; "Issued under the Authority of the Minister for the Interior."; Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T. National Library of Australia, 2010