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Variable Screening and Decolonization Protocols for Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Prior to Surgical Procedures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Susan Kline ,
Maya Highness ,
Loreen A. Herwaldt  and
Trish M. Perl
Susan Kline*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maya Highness
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Loreen A. Herwaldt
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa; and University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa
Trish M. Perl
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC #250, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (kline003@umn.edu).
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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.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(7):880–882

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 7 , July 2014 , pp. 880 - 882
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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