Author Interviews, BMJ, Hospital Acquired, Infections, Outcomes & Safety / 19.06.2013
Decreasing Infections after Surgery: Bundling Decolonization and Prophylaxis
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Marin L. Schweizer Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA, USA
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Schweizer: A clinical bundle that includes nasally screening cardiac and orthopedic surgery patients for S. aureus (both methicillin-resistant S. aureus and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus), decolonizing carriers, and changing antibiotic prophylaxis for MRSA carriers, can significantly reduce the number of gram-positive surgical site infections, S. aureus surgical site infections and MRSA surgical site infections.
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