Does nasal screening for Staphylococcus aureus before surgery compromise health care professional safety in the COVID-19 era?

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.014

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. 2020 Aug;160(2):e39.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.014. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Does nasal screening for Staphylococcus aureus before surgery compromise health care professional safety in the COVID-19 era?

Nicolas Mayeur¹, Pierre Berthoumieu², Hélène Charbonneau¹

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse Cedex 03, France.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse Cedex 03, France.

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PMCID: PMC7174152
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.014

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Does nasal screening for Staphylococcus aureus before surgery compromise health care professional safety in the COVID-19 era?

Nicolas Mayeur et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;160(2):e39.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.014. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

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Nicolas Mayeur¹, Pierre Berthoumieu², Hélène Charbonneau¹

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse Cedex 03, France.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse Cedex 03, France.

PMID: 32448698
PMCID: PMC7174152
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.014

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Commentary: Compliance with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines will prevent sternal wound infections and minimize postoperative complications in cardiac surgery patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lazar HL. Lazar HL. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;160(2):e44-e48. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.016. Epub 2020 Apr 13. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020. PMID: 32331816 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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1. Saraswat M.K., Magruder J.T., Crawford T.C., Gardner J.M., Duquaine D., Sussman M.S. Preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening and targeted decolonization in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;104:1349–1356. - PubMed
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1. Li R., Pei S., Chen B., Song Y., Zhang T., Yang W. Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) Science. March 16, 2020 [Epub ahead of print] - PMC - PubMed
1. Iwen P.C., Stiles K.L., Pentella M.A. Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Am J Clin Pathol. 2020;153:567–570. - PMC - PubMed

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[1] World Health Organization Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. 2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK401132/ Available at: - PubMed

[2] World Health Organization Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. 2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK401132/ Available at: - PubMed

[3] Saraswat M.K., Magruder J.T., Crawford T.C., Gardner J.M., Duquaine D., Sussman M.S. Preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening and targeted decolonization in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;104:1349–1356. - PubMed

[4] Saraswat M.K., Magruder J.T., Crawford T.C., Gardner J.M., Duquaine D., Sussman M.S. Preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening and targeted decolonization in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;104:1349–1356. - PubMed

[5] Wang W., Xu Y., Gao R., Lu R., Han K., Wu G. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in different types of clinical specimens. JAMA. March 11, 2020 [Epub ahead of print] - PMC - PubMed

[6] Wang W., Xu Y., Gao R., Lu R., Han K., Wu G. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in different types of clinical specimens. JAMA. March 11, 2020 [Epub ahead of print] - PMC - PubMed

[7] Li R., Pei S., Chen B., Song Y., Zhang T., Yang W. Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) Science. March 16, 2020 [Epub ahead of print] - PMC - PubMed

[8] Li R., Pei S., Chen B., Song Y., Zhang T., Yang W. Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) Science. March 16, 2020 [Epub ahead of print] - PMC - PubMed

[9] Iwen P.C., Stiles K.L., Pentella M.A. Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Am J Clin Pathol. 2020;153:567–570. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Iwen P.C., Stiles K.L., Pentella M.A. Safety considerations in the laboratory testing of specimens suspected or known to contain the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Am J Clin Pathol. 2020;153:567–570. - PMC - PubMed

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