Studies have shown that most cases of surgical site infections are caused by strains of Staph aureus that are brought into the hospital environment by patients themselves. In 2007 New England Baptist Hospital implemented a comprehensive surgical site infection control program that included detection of patients colonized with both Staph aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA). By accurately identifying these patients and managing them accordingly, NEBH has successfully cut their surgical site infection rates by over 60%. The success of the program was recently documented in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery article titled “Institutional Prescreening for Detection and Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopaedic Surgery”.
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