The objective of this study was to determine whether use of mupirocin nasal ointment for perioperative eradication of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is effective in preventing the development of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. & ORANGE, Calif. & ATLANTA & BOSTON, Oct. 10, 2023 – A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA ...

All methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from colonized or infected patients in a 625-bed public teaching hospital during an epidemic, and for 3 years thereafter, ...

Data were collected for seven months before program implementation and seven months after program implementation. During the preimplementation period, 8917 patients were admitted to one of the ...

In what may be the largest clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents in preventing surgical wound and hospital-based infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, scientists ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Clinicians should consider nasal povidone-iodine as an alternative to nasal mupirocin ointment to reduce risk of deep Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections (SSI) following ...

Cleveland Clinic is a tertiary care, academic medical center with over 1300 beds, including 225 intensive care unit (ICU) beds. The inpatient pharmacy department includes over 82 full-time pharmacists ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Controlled studies of decolonization have primarily been ...

CLAIM: Put a small pea-sized amount of antibiotic ointment like mupirocin inside your nostrils. The ointment will kill any infectious germs when you breathe and should kill the coronavirus before it ...