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The director believes that every patient is supposed to be treated with universal precautions. Staff are supposed to assume a patient could have MRSA or other infections, whether they do or not. She believes this should increase the level of precaution in all cases. Staff do not know about infections until patients handed to them and unlike assumption of director, staff assume patient not infected until they find out otherwise and feel they should know in advance to better prep. A known infection does not change things from facility point or in process in OR, but patient can be isolated in pre and post op. [Free-Standing ASC] No screening in pre-op assessment questions or cheek swab culture for MRSA etc. Some instances would be beneficial to do, ligament repair patients should. Finding out about body implants is important too because of pressure areas, and stray burns if using cauterizing.
Screening for preexisting infections
Appendix D. Site Visit Comparison Process | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Process Step / Facility Feature