%0 Journal Article %T Long-Term Outcome of Infection Control for Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Kaizen Approach with Problem-Solving %A Takanori Ayabe %A Masaki Tomita %A Ichiro Takajo %A Yuki Nakayama %A Ryo Maeda %A Manabu Okumura %A Kunihide Nakamura %J Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology %P 1-23 %@ 2162-6006 %D 2020 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojsst.2020.101001 %X Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) results in longer hospitalization, increased expenses, and poorer patient prognosis. The aim of this study is 1) to investigate the short-term outcome of MRSA outbreak and the prevention in our surgical ward, and 2) to evaluate the long-term outcome of a 7-year experience of infection control, and 3) to report the effectiveness of intervention of quality improvement by industry problem-solving method for the eradication of a new occurrence of MRSA patients. Methods: Between April 2009 and October 2019, we retrospectively studied the improvement activity for infection control and preventative measures in our surgical ward. The daily alcohol use for hand hygiene was measured (ml/patient/day) and the monthly number of occurrences of new MRAS patients was investigated. We used the industry problem-solving method as the Kaizen of %K MRSA %K Alcohol %K Hand Hygiene %K Infection Control %K Kaizen %K Problem-Solving %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=98604