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and sustain our goal of
greater than 90% compli-
ance.
•
Nasal screening
for Staphylococcus
aureus. It's burden-
some to do it on every
patient, so use a targeted
approach by screening
patients who are most
vulnerable — the ones
for whom an infection
would be a nightmare.
For us, those are patients
having prosthetic joint
surgery and vascular
patients receiving
implants. We also
encourage surgeons to
consider screening other
patients based on their
health histories or risk
factors. Screening OR
staff shouldn't be rou-
tine, but if you identify
an increase in S. aureus
infections due to a strain
with a similar antibiotic
susceptibility profile, you
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