#1 MRSA in Outpatient Settings and Integrating Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Programs

<p>Infection preventionists discuss two issues with authors of articles in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC):</p> <p>(1) the shedding of MRSA and multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli and how to prevent the spread of these organisms outpatient settings;</p> <p>(2) how a team science approach can be helpful in bringing together antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention teams and the importance of team science approaches in general.</p>