Nasal carriage of S. aureus is now considered a well defined risk factor for subsequent infection in various groups of patients. Local antibiotic treatment with mupirocin ointment is often used to ...

aureus, with 713 (8%) being carriers of MRSA. A total of 977 orders were written for nasal mupirocin, and the average rate of mupirocin-ordering adherence was 52%. During the postintervention ...