Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients greater than 18 years of age undergoing vascular surgery including carotid procedures and a vascular access procedure (Fistula or Graft). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with an allergy to daptomycin or vancomycin. * Patients with chronic wounds. * Prior colonization of MRSA. * Increased MRSA rate facility wide. * Continuous inpatient stay \>27 hrs prior to surgical procedure. * Patients with active infection requiring antibiotics preoperatively. * Patients with a history of MRSA colonization or infection, HIV, admission for \>3 months in an acute care center or long-term care center, penicillin allergy or penicillin allergy and on dialysis. * Dialysis patients.