ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2023
The importance of targeting intraoperative transmission of bacteria with antibiotic resistance and strain characteristics.
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- Relationships in anesthesia work areas between contamination measured as colony-forming units,Anesthesiology and perioperative science · 2026Article
- Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in the anaesthesia work area has greater risk of association with development of surgical site infection when resistant to the prophylactic antibiotic administered for surgery.The Journal of hospital infection · 2023Observational
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backgroundEvidence-based intraoperative infection control measures can reduce Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infections. We aimed to determine whether transmitted S. aureus isolates were associated with increased risk of multidrug resistance and associated traits.
methodsS. aureus isolates obtained from intraoperative environmental, patient skin, and provider hand reservoirs among 274 operating room case pairs (1
resultsTransmitted isolates (N=58) were associated with increased risk of multi-drug antibiotic resistance [33% (19/58) transmitted vs. 10% (12/115) other isolates, risk ratio 3.14, 99% CI 1.34-7.38, P=0.0006]. Transmission was associated with a significant increase in resistance traits including mecA [40% transmitted isolates vs. 17% other isolates, risk ratio 2.28, P=0.0026] and ant (6)-Ia [26% transmitted isolates vs. 9% other isolates, risk ratio 2.97, P=0.0050]. Provider hands were a frequent reservoir of origin, between-case a common mode of transmission, and patient skin and provider hands frequent transmission locations for multidrug resistant pathogens.
conclusionsIntraoperative S. aureus transmission was associated with multidrug resistance and resistance traits. Proven infection control measures should be leveraged to target intraoperative transmission of multidrug resistant pathogens.
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