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1240. Evaluation of Preoperative Staphylococcus aureus (SA) Decolonization with Nasal Iodine for Hips/Knees and Fusion Surgeries

BACKGROUND: Preoperative decolonization for patients with known nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is recommended in some surgical site infection (SSI) guidelines, however, meaningful implementation is often challenging with poor compliance. We evaluated utilization of nasal iodine with S. aure...

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Autores principales: Neelakanta, Anupama, Clutts, Kristi, Strollo, Stephanie, Passaretti, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809762/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1103