Strategies to Prevent S. aureus BSIs in Acute Care Facilities | CDC

Strategies to Prevent S. aureus BSIs in Acute Care Facilities | CDC

4. DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT HO SA BSI PREVENTION

• Core Strategies
  • Incorporate reduction of HO SA BSIs into the facility healthcare-associated infection prevention program
    • Develop a multidisciplinary workgroup, including nursing, environmental services, and infection prevention to identify and implement strategies and to follow results of interventions
  • Monitor facility HO SA BSI counts, and target units with highest number of HO SA BSIs for evaluation and intervention
    • Provide HO SA BSI rates to senior leadership, clinical staff, and other stakeholders
    • Notify appropriate individuals and facility departments about changes in the incidence (or frequency), complications (including recurrences), or severity of HO SA BSIs
  • Review individual HO SA BSI episodes to assess modifiable risk factors including clinical management decisions and the use of infection control measures to identify gaps
  • Educate and train all healthcare personnel on prevention practices for HO SA BSI and core infection control practices such as hand hygiene, PPE use, Standard Precautions, Contact Precautions, and environmental cleaning and disinfection
  • Routinely audit and conduct competency-based assessments for core infection control practices
    • Adherence to hand hygiene, Standard Precautions, and Contact Precautions
    • Adequacy of room cleaning and environmental services