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SUBMITTER: Phillips M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668802 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phillips Michael M Rosenberg Andrew A Shopsin Bo B Cuff Germaine G Skeete Faith F Foti Alycia A Kraemer Kandy K Inglima Kenneth K Press Robert R Bosco Joseph J
Infection control and hospital epidemiology 20140521 7
<h4>Background</h4>Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus colonization before surgery reduces risk of surgical site infection (SSI). The regimen of nasal mupirocin ointment and topical chlorhexidine gluconate is effective, but cost and patient compliance may be a barrier. Nasal povidone-iodine solution may provide an alternative to mupirocin.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted an investigator-initiated, open-label, randomized trial comparing SSI after arthroplasty or spine fusion in patients receiving topi ...[more]