[chasil]

The University of Iowa published new surgical guidelines some time ago for eliminating nasal staph prior to surgeries.

Many surgical patients with staph complications actually infected themselves, and did not acquire their strains from their hospital surroundings.

My coworker lost a leg to an infection in 2008 after a joint replacement. It is unfortunate that this procedure was not in place at that time.

https://now.uiowa.edu/2013/06/be-gone-bacteria

[Fomite]

There's a lot of work in decolonization right now, either with competing bacteria (like the parent article) or with various decolonizing agents.

"Many surgical patients with staph complications actually infected themselves, and did not acquire their strains from their hospital surroundings."

Community acquired Staph is a huge thing. The number of people who get infected from yoga mats, scrapes and cuts playing sports, etc. is huge. The NFL had a problem in locker rooms too a few years back.