Background: No studies exist regarding the value of pharmacist interventions using rapid identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) by rapid polymerase chain reaction (rPCR ...

In only 2 of the 512 cultures were coagulase-positive Staph. aureus organisms identified. Both of these were from mattresses. All plastic covers during this phase of the study were negative for Staph.

The test is interpreted as CoNS when the rPCR report is negative for S. aureus and negative for MRSA. A positive blood culture result is considered a critical laboratory value and is reported to a ...