Sharaf, SaraLawes, TimothyRoos, DeonOkoliegbe, IjeomaAlapati, SusanthRibeiro, AntonioNkene, IstifanusGhezzi, DanieleReid, Stuart JAustin, VictoriaAyansina, DolapoWilson, BeckyRehman, TanzeelParcell, Benjamin JMellor, IanMarwick, Charis AOggioni, MarcoHijazi, Karolin2025-09-182025-08Sharaf, S, Lawes, T, Roos, D, Okoliegbe, I, Alapati, S, Ribeiro, A, Nkene, I, Ghezzi, D, Reid, S J, Austin, V, Ayansina, D, Wilson, B, Rehman, T, Parcell, B J, Mellor, I, Marwick, C A, Oggioni, M & Hijazi, K 2025, 'Universal versus targeted chlorhexidine and mupirocin decolonisation and clinical and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream infections in patients in intensive care in Scotland, UK : a controlled time-series and longitudinal genotypic study', The Lancet Microbe, vol. 6, no. 8, 101118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.1011182666-5247ORCID: /0009-0001-1208-6855/work/185816369ORCID: /0000-0003-4866-7472/work/193048619ORCID: /0009-0001-1208-6855/work/193050011https://hdl.handle.net/2164/26040We are indebted to Ian M Gould for his critical input and invaluable expertise throughout the study. We thank the administrative and laboratory staff of the NHS Grampian and Tayside Medical Microbiology laboratories for assistance with isolate collection and anonymisation. We thank clinical and administrative staff in NHS Grampian and Tayside involved in retrieval of critical care bed occupancy data. We thank Karen Box of the Pharmacy Data Analyst Team for extraction and provision of antimicrobial prescribing data. We thank Hadeel Abbood for assistance with review of existing literature and evidence. We thank Elaina Collie-Duguid and the Aberdeen Centre for Genome-Enabled Biology and Medicine for their critical input and contribution to quality assurance of the genome data. We thank the Aberdeen Proteomics facility for access and support with the MALDI Biotyper.132781775engR Medicine (General)Supplementary DataDASSupplementary InformationR1Journal article10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.10111868