Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible in infants in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective: To investigate the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) in infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using whole-genome sequencing.

Design: Investigation of MSSA epidemiology in a NICU.

Setting: Single-center, level IV NICU.

Whole-genome sequencing for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak investigation in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective: To evaluate whole-genome sequencing (WGS) as a molecular typing tool for MRSA outbreak investigation.

Design: Investigation of MRSA colonization/infection in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) over 3 years (2014-2017).

Setting: Single-center level IV NICU.

Improvement in Patient Transfer Process From the Operating Room to the PICU Using a Lean and Six Sigma-Based Quality Improvement Project.

Background And Objectives: Ineffective and inefficient patient transfer processes can increase the chance of medical errors. Improvements in such processes are high-priority local institutional and national patient safety goals. At our institution, nonintubated postoperative pediatric patients are first admitted to the postanesthesia care unit before transfer to the PICU.