Abstract

In reducing hospital acquired infections and infection control for hospitalized patient’s nasal decolonization is considered as an adjunct method. This procedure involved a 90-day trial of a nasal decolonization methodology in a Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) 40 bed inpatient hospital. Inpatients once in a day were offered a surgically proven commercially available over-the-counter two-step nasal decolonization method. throughout the study period an average 80% Patient compliance was in an average of 85% inpatient censes. A record of the number of sputum as well as blood cultures sent for microbiologic examination was observed for the positive cultures in these samples during the 3 months’ period. on patients who had physical findings and clinical symptoms of an infectious process the cultures were drawn respectively. A data of over identical chronological periods was compared between immediate pre-trial and the preceding six years.

Keywords: Nasal decolonization; Two-step; Dual prep; Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs); Mechanical cleaning; Alcohol-based sanitization