2173. Suspending Use of Contact Precautions in Patients Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Level III Neonatal ICU and Its Effects on Rates of Transmission Tiffany Dogan, MPH, CIC; Alexandra Hayward, MPH; Sreelatha Ponnaluri-Wears, MPH, CIC; Elizabeth Lloyd, MD; Amanda Valyko, MPH, CIC and Terri Stillwell, MD; Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine,...

This essay uses analytical sketches of Indigenous DJ collective A Tribe Called Red’s “How I Feel” as a starting point for critiquing the white colonial Eurocentric norms music analysis currently practiced in discipline theory. expand on previous calls greater diversity and inclusion within field by exposing strategies. then propose some possibilities decolonizing Indigenizing that reflect indiv...

Oropharyngeal colonization by pathogenic gram-negative bacilli (GNB) and Staphylococcus aureus is associated with aspiration pneumonia. Decolonization in high-risk populations may be important. We prospectively evaluated six antiseptic compounds in nasogastric tube-fed frail elderly patients; only polymixine reduced oropharyngeal colonization with GNB. None had an effect on S. aureus colonization.

Transformational evaluation implies a decolonization process focused on relieving the misery and suffering of oppressed. To inform such reorientation, this article describes challenges social transformation; probes links between capitalism, slavery racism; takes stock post-colonial development order; examines legacy occupation; recommends new policy directions inspired by indigenous evaluation.

BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the most important nosocomial pathogens in the intensive care unit (ICU) worldwide, including Taiwan. Since 1997, our neonatal ICUs (NICUs) had become endemic for MRSA. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To control MRSA spread in our NICUs, we implemented a series of infection control measures stepwise, including reinforcement...

UNLABELLED Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is an independent risk factor for orthopaedic surgical site infection (SSI). To determine whether a preoperative decolonization protocol reduces S. aureus SSIs, we conducted a prospective observational study of patients undergoing elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA) at our institution, with two control groups. The concurrent control group compris...

Nasal decolonization has a proven effect on the prevention of severe Staphylococcus aureus infections and the control of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). However, rising rates of resistance to antibiotics highlight the need for new substances for nasal decolonization. LTX-109 is a broad-spectrum, fast-acting bactericidal antimicrobial drug for topical treatment, which causes membrane dis...