854. Infection Prevention vs. Antimicrobial Stewardship: Does Nasal Povidone-Iodine Interfere with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Screening?

BACKGROUND: As part of universal decolonization, intensive care unit (ICU) patients may receive intranasal mupirocin to reduce MRSA infections. However, due to concerns about widespread use of mupirocin promoting resistance, some have proposed a bactericidal antiseptic, povidone-iodine (P-I), as an...

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Pubblicato in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Autori principali: Harrison, Cecelia K, Zent, Robie, Schneck, Elyse, Flynn, Cynthia E, Drees, Marci
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2020
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777276/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1043
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