Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus primary prevention

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Overview

Use of appropriate infection control practices (such as wearing gloves before and after contact with infectious body substances and adherence to hand hygiene) by healthcare personnel can reduce the spread of VISA and VRSA.

Primary Prevention

Because VISA and VRSA are only part of the larger problem of antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings, CDC has started a campaign to prevent antimicrobial resistance. The campaign centers around four strategies that clinicians can use to prevent antimicrobial resistance:

1. Prevention of infections.
2. Effective diagnosis and treatment of infections.
3. Wise use of antimicrobials.
4. Prevention of transmission.

A series of evidence-based steps are described that can reduce the development and spread of resistant organisms such as VISA and VRSA.