A study published in the January 2011 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology finds that a high percentage of nursing home residents carry Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
More than one quarter of residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California carry community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which spread more easily, and may ...
June 15, 2012 — An improvement in cleaning practices in nursing homes may significantly reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination and burden. MRSA environmental ...
Healthcare workers frequently contaminate their gloves and gowns during every day care of nursing homes residents with drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, according to a new study. The ...
Completely eliminating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections from nursing homes — where residents are commonly colonized with bacteria — is unrealistic, according to a recent 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 ...
A plastic surgeon recently visited our VA long-term care nursing home (no IV services or respirators) to see, in consultation, a resident with a pressure ulcer on the leg that was colonized with ...
A nationwide initiative to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterans’ nursing homes dramatically slashed the infection rate, and could provide a framework for other nursing homes ...
Over the past several months, we have received dozens of questions about multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). In particular, readers have asked about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
A new study finds that a high percentage of nursing home residents carry Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and suggests that some nursing homes could be doing more to prevent the ...
More than one quarter of residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California carry community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which spread more easily, and may ...
A study published in the January 2011 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology finds that a high percentage of nursing home residents carry Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...