Perioperative Bacterial Contamination From Patients on Contact Precaution in Operating Room Environment

We investigated the microbial burden on the operating room environment when patients on contact precautions for a multidrug-resistant pathogen received surgery. Our study demonstrated that the perioperative environment was contaminated with aerobic bacteria and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus a...

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Autores principales: Kanamori, Hajime, Rutala, William A, Gergen, Maria F, Weber, David J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7679064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33244480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa508
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Sumario:We investigated the microbial burden on the operating room environment when patients on contact precautions for a multidrug-resistant pathogen received surgery. Our study demonstrated that the perioperative environment was contaminated with aerobic bacteria and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after surgery, and that MRSA persisted environmentally even after cleaning and disinfection, highlighting the need for meticulous cleaning and disinfection in the perioperative environment.

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