Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 95-97, May 2006

Changing infection control measures to reduce MRSA infection rates after fracture surgery

  • Feroz Dinah, MRCS ((Specialist Registrar))

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Surrey UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 208 330 0165.
    • ,
  • Ajeya Adhikari, MCh(Orth) FRCS(Orth) ((Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon))

      Affiliations

    • Trauma & Orthopaedics, St. Helier Hospital, United Kingdom

Editor’s comments This brief but informative report of action research will be of interest to most orthopaedic nurses. The next steps may be to broaden the data gathering to minimise the effects of time of year and explore the variables such as age and place of residence. A more difficult step would be to determine the cost effectiveness of the interventions.

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PII: S1361-3111(06)00033-1

doi:10.1016/j.joon.2006.03.004

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 95-97, May 2006

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