Journal article
Variable Screening and Decolonization Protocols for Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Prior to Surgical Procedures
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.35(7), pp.880-882
2014
DOI: 10.1086/676866
PMID: 24915219
Abstract
We surveyed the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network, the Minnesota Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and the Minnesota Hospital Association to assess presurgical Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization practices. The practices varied widely among responding facilities. The majority of respondents (63%) did not screen for S. aureus preoperatively.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Variable Screening and Decolonization Protocols for Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Prior to Surgical Procedures
- Creators
- Susan KLINE - Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesMaya HIGHNESS - University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesLoreen A HERWALDT - Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United StatesTrish M PERL - Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.35(7), pp.880-882
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI
- 10.1086/676866
- PMID
- 24915219
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2014
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094377202771
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