Healthcare Worker Perceptions of and Barriers to Universal Staphylococcal Decolonization in Elective Orthopaedic Joint Surgeries

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Mar;37(3):355-6. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.290. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

Authors

Nadia Masroor¹, Gregory J Golladay¹, Julie Williams¹, Alexander D Colquhoun¹, Wilhelm Zuelzer¹, Kakotan Sanogo¹, Michelle Doll¹, Michael P Stevens¹, Gonzalo Bearman¹

Affiliation

¹ Virginia Commonwealth Medical Center,Richmond,Virginia.

PMID: 26685976
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.290

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Baths
Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage*
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Mupirocin / administration & dosage*
Orthopedics / standards*
Soaps
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control*
Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

Soaps
Mupirocin
Chlorhexidine