Effectiveness and acceptability of intranasal povidone-iodine decolonization among fracture fixation surgery patients to reduce Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization.
Marin L SchweizerLoreen A HerwaldtLinda BoykenJean PottingerRachel QuinnDaniel J DiekemaFiona Armstrong-PavlikMelissa A WardPoorani SekarMichael C WilleyPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
We evaluated povidone-iodine (PVI) decolonization among 51 fracture-fixation surgery patients. PVI was applied twice on the day of surgery. Patients were tested for S. aureus nasal colonization and surveyed. Mean S. aureus concentrations decreased from 3.13 to 1.15 CFU/mL ( P = .03). Also, 86% of patients stated that they felt neutral or positive about their PVI experience.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- staphylococcus aureus
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- acute coronary syndrome
- escherichia coli
- cystic fibrosis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- patient reported
- biofilm formation
- hip fracture