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Current Practice in Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization

  • Diekema D
  • Johannsson B
  • Herwaldt L
  • et al.
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (2011) 32(10) 1042-1044
DOI: 10.1086/661917
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Abstract

We surveyed infectious disease physicians to determine their preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization practices. Sixty percent reported preoperative screening for S. aureus . However, specific screening and decolonization practices are highly variable, are focused almost exclusively on methicillin-resistant S. aureus , and do not include testing for mupirocin or chlorhexidine resistance.

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Diekema, D., Johannsson, B., Herwaldt, L., Beekmann, S., Jernigan, J., Kallen, A., … Polgreen, P. (2011). Current Practice in Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 32(10), 1042–1044. https://doi.org/10.1086/661917

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