Stakeholder Engagement In a Comparative Effectiveness/Implementation Study to Prevent Staphylococcus Aureus Infection...

Methicillin-resistant or methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections pose serious clinical and public health challenges. Few protocols exist for outpatient education, decolonization and decontamination.

This trial implemented infection prevention protocols in homes via community health workers/Promotoras.

We engaged clinicians, patient stakeholders, clinical and laboratory researchers, New York-based federally qualified health centers and community hospital emergency departments. The Clinician and Patient Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CPSAC) convened in person and remotely for shared decision-making and trial oversight.

The intervention trial consented participants with skin and soft tissue infections from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, completed home visits, obtained surveillance cultures from index patients and household members and sampled household environmental surfaces at baseline and three months.

The retention of the CPSAC during the trial demonstrated high levels of engagement.

CPSAC was highly effective throughout design and execution by troubleshooting recruitment and home visit challenges.