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Studying the advantages of single-use tape by Shawn Ryan STUDIES HAVE indicated that multiuse tape found in most operating rooms is a carrier of infection-causing pathogens, some as deadly as Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. But no studies have been published that examine whether single-use tape can reduce the number of healthcareassociated infections. School of Nursing faculty Laura Tyndall, assistant program coordinator-nurse anesthesia concentration, and Rachel Nall, clinical assistant professor, are changing that. In what appears to be a first-ofits-kind study, they're conducting research to determine whether single-
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use tape is a safer choice to reduce surgical-site infections in the 30 days after an operation. Specifically, they're examining whether single-use tape is a better choice for nurse anesthetists when securing endotracheal tubes. Now taking place at Erlanger Hospital, the study is in the data-gathering phase, which is expected to be finished by January 2022. Submission of the data to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Journal will most likely be March or April 2022 with publication of the research depending on the journal's editorial calendar, Tyndall says. "To our knowledge, this is an innovative approach and first study of its kind that utilizes the many research
