For any surgical intervention the operating room and equipment should be sterilized and involved medical personal should follow aseptic and anti-septic rules in order to prevent infections. To prove that Staphylococcus infection originated from the medical equipment or personnel the Staphylococcus bacteria should be isolated in the samples taken from the working surfaces and air in the hospital (operating rooms, intensive care, etc.), medical instruments, and medical personnel’s throat and nose.


You should also know that Staphylococcus bacteria also live on the patient’s skin so the infection can be endogenous, too.


The patient should be put in quarantine only if the infection was caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).