Tag: Infection ccontrol

Update of strategies to prevent MRSA transmission, infection in acute care hospitals

Editor's Note This expert guidance document, sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), updates the “Strategies to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] Transmission and Infection in Acute Care Hospitals” that were published in 2014. Among the updates: Recommendations are now categorized as Essential Practices that should be…

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By: Judy Mathias
July 31, 2023
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Bioburden levels during total joints in ORs complying with US ventilation specifications

Editor's Note This study from Baptist Health-Fort Smith, Arkansas, finds that the low-energy consumption ventilation system specified for in US operating rooms produces different zones of sterile protection from airborne microbe carrying particles (MCP) during total joint arthroplasties. The predominant source of MCPs are from personnel in the OR—an average…

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By: Judy Mathias
June 21, 2023
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