Getting the drop on Staphylococcus aureus : Semiquantitative Staphylococcus aureus nasal colony reduction in orthopedic surgery reduces surgical site infection

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BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a frequent health care-associated infection. We aimed to reduce SSI risk after joint arthroplasty and spine surgery by reducing Staphylococcus aureus colonization burden with presurgery intranasal povidone-iodine (PVP-I) application in conjunction with skin antisepsis ("the intervention").

METHODS: Retrospective case-control study; postintervention cohort versus a historical cohort. Adults who underwent joint arthroplasty or spine surgery during February 2018 through October 2021 ("post-intervention cohort") included. In the analysis cases any patient who underwent surgery and developed SSI within 90 days postsurgery, controls had no SSI. Postintervention cohort data were compared with a similar retrospective 2016 to 2017 patient cohort that did not use intranasal PVP-I.

RESULTS: The postintervention cohort comprised 688 consecutive patients aged 65y/o, 48.8% male, 28 cases, and 660 controls. Relatively more cases than controls had diabetes mellitus (P = .019). There was a 39.6% eradication rate of S aureus nasal colonization post intranasal PVP-I (P < .0001). SSI rate was higher in patients positive versus those negative for S aureus on a 24-hour postsurgery nasal culture (P < .0001). The deep SSI rate per 100 operations postintervention versus the historical cohort decreased for all surgical procedures.

CONCLUSIONS: Semiquantitative S aureus nasal colony reduction using intranasal PVP-I is effective for decreasing SSI rate in joint arthroplasty and spine surgery. In patients with presurgery S aureus nasal colonization additional intranasal PVP-I postsurgery application should be considered.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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American journal of infection control - (2024) vom: 22. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saidel-Odes, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Yosipovich, Rivka [VerfasserIn]
Benkovich, Vadim [VerfasserIn]
Friesem, Tai [VerfasserIn]
Nativ, Ronit [VerfasserIn]
Sagi, Orli [VerfasserIn]
Shimoni, Orly [VerfasserIn]
Borer, Abraham [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4% Chlorhexidine gluconate
5% Povidone-Iodine
Colonization
Joint arthroplasty
Journal Article
Spine surgery

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.ajic.2024.02.014

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NLM370410564