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- Title
Perioperative Bacterial Contamination From Patients on Contact Precaution in Operating Room Environment.
- Authors
Kanamori, Hajime; Rutala, William A; Gergen, Maria F; Weber, David J
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL contamination; UNIVERSAL precautions (Health); OPERATING rooms; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; AEROBIC bacteria
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofaa508