A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases examined methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission paths between hospitals. Researchers performed a cross-sectional observational study ...

The gloves and gowns of healthcare workers are frequently contaminated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus when caring for nursing home residents, according to a study published in ...

Researchers conducted a study to assess healthcare professionals’ and environment’s influence on the nosocomial transmission of MRSA, according to an article published in Infection Control and ...

What Benefit Are Contact Precautions? Breaking news: Healthcare workers do not like contact precautions, and high-quality data to support contact precautions for endemic methicillin-resistant ...

Results from a study suggest transfer patterns and transfer rate changes do not affect the nosocomial MRSA transmission, according to an abstract published in Infection Control and Hospital ...

We use an extended version of a previously described stochastic simulation model. [10] The model contains three hospitals of 693 beds, each with an extramural population of 220,000 subjects. Patients ...

A group of five medical organizations have released updated recommendations for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, transmission and infection. MRSA causes ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (June 27, 2023) — A group of five medical organizations have released updated recommendations for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, ...

Bedbugs could be a culprit in spreading methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, which can be common in some assisted living and nursing home communities. A study in The Journal ...

The story of MRSA begins just four years after methicillin entered medical practice in 1959. The bacteria had already developed resistance to the new antibiotic, demonstrating the remarkable ...

The idea that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscesses don’t always require antibiotics (Item 122-5) may have been accepted in 1950, but it is not true anymore. All clinicians know ...

The author describes how toilet flushes aerosolize germs sending them airborne to soar around and infect their next victim(s) because bathrooms are designed backwards. Learn novel ways to control and ...