Can a nasal and skin decolonization protocol safely replace contact precautions for colonized MRSA patients?

CONCLUSIONSReplacing CP for MRSA-colonized patients with an alcohol?-based nasal antiseptic and CHG bathing protocol significantly reduced isolation costs with no concurrent increase in MRSA transmission. In addition, the alcohol-based nasal antiseptic was preferred by staff when compared to nasal mupirocin.
Source: American Journal of Infection Control - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research