98% compliance with all infection prevention measures (Hand Hygiene, Contact Precautions, Environmental Cleaning or Active Surveillance Testing) demonstrating sustained improvement over time.

Because hand hygiene compliance, use of contact precautions, and compliance with CLABs and ventilator bundle are 90+%, a system to ensure compliance with the decontamination of the environment and equipment component of the bundle was emphasized through work with environmental services, transporters and radiology using checklists, Glo-germ and Clean-trace.

Active surveillance cultures were also instituted in areas of the hospital where there is a high prevalence of MRSA such as the ICU and also select surgical populations. 

Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers 

preventing cross-infection between patients

his systematic review aimed to determine whether the use of mupirocin nasal ointment in patients with identified S. aureus nasal carriage reduced S. aureus infection rates.