Effective Control of Staphylococci in a Nursery

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IN the last twenty years, the staphylococcus has replaced the streptococcus as the chief cause of infection in maternity units. Sporadic and epidemic staphylococcal infection among newborn infants now ranks as one of the most serious hazards in the modern nursery (as summarized by Williams et al.1). Previous reports2 3 4 indicate that hexachlorophene-containing compounds applied to newborn infants reduce staphylococcal infections in nurseries and incidentally decrease nasal carriage of staphylococci.The opening of the new Palo Alto—Stanford Hospital Center in the summer of 1959 afforded an opportunity to institute a program centered around the prevention of staphylococcal colonization of the . . .

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