Commentary on Articles by David H. Kim, MD, et al.: “Institutional Prescreening for Detection and Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopaedic Surgery” and by Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, MS, et al.: ”Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Orthopaedic Surgeons and Their Patients. A Prospective Cohort Controlled Study”

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. e10(1)-e10(2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bassam A Masri
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgery ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgeons

Double-swab 5% versus single-swab 10% iodophor for reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with routine chlorhexidine bathing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Lauren T. Heim ◽  
Loren G. Miller ◽  
Raveena D. Singh ◽  
James A. McKinnell ◽  
Tabitha D. Catuna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Nasal Carriage ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Chlorhexidine Bathing

Abstract In a prospective cohort study, we compared a 2-swabs-per-nostril 5% iodophor regimen with a 1-swab-per-nostril 10% iodophor regimen on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in nursing-home residents. Compared with baseline, both single-swab and double-swab regimens resulted in an identical 40% reduction in nasal carriage and 60% reduction in any carriage, skin or nasal.

scholarly journals MRSA – ‘Bug-Bear’ of a Surgical Practice: Reducing the Incidence of MRSA Surgical Site Infections

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Guyot ◽  
Graham Layer
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Surgical Site Infection ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgery ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Surgical Practice ◽  
Department Of Health

Adverse publicity (the ‘superbug') has demonstrated that the problem of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is prevalent in many of the country's most prestigious hospitals. The results of the mandatory UK Department of Health (DH) surveillance for early surgical site infections in orthopaedic surgery (SSIS) have been published recently for the period April 2004 to March 2005 when 41,242 operations were studied (< http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistic > 28 October 2005). Infection rates were generally and gratifyingly low but 48% of surgical site infections were caused by Staph. aureus and of those 68% were MRSA. The following article will discuss the aetiology and prevention of MRSA surgical site infection.

scholarly journals Strategy to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus post-operative infection in orthopaedic surgery

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. De Lucas-Villarrubia ◽  
M. Lopez-Franco ◽  
J. J. Granizo ◽  
J. C. De Lucas-Garcia ◽  
E. Gomez-Barrena
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgery ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant
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