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Articles Written by: DAVE ROBERTS
Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in U.S.: study | Health | Reuters.
"We found during 1999-2006 that the percentage of S. aureus infections resistant to methicillin increased more than 90 percent, or 10 percent a year, in outpatients admitted to U.S. ...
BBC NEWS | Health | MRSA 'not the only threat to NHS'.
MPs warned there was still no robust data on the extent and risks of at least 80% of bugs linked to hospital care.
Committee chairman Edward Leigh said this report was the third time the committee ...
Nothing to Sneeze At: Doctors' Neckties Seen as Flu Risk - WSJ.com.
The list of things to avoid during flu season includes crowded buses, hospitals and handshakes. Consider adding this: your doctor's necktie.
Neckties are rarely, if ever, cleaned. ...
Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: Move over, MRSA and VRE.....
As we’ve discussed here previously, multidrug-resistant Gram negative rods (MDR-GNRs) are emerging in many hospitals as the major MDRO problem. This month’s ICHE has several ...
Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: Impact of bare below the elbows on hand hygiene.
A new study in the Journal of Hospital Infection evaluated the quality of hand hygiene in physicians and medical students using an alcohol based product ...
Antibiotic Resistance and the House and Senate Healthcare Bills : Mike the Mad Biologist.
The House bill focuses primarily on reporting of hospital-acquired infections. It's actually very specific, and there's an entire section dedicated to it ...
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Massachusetts’ largest hospitals say they have significantly cut the number of patients who acquire painful, costly, and sometimes deadly infections in their operating suites and intensive care units, suggesting that pressure from government ...
More at Irish Examiner.
Trinity College Dublin Prof Tim Foster and his group have been working on the mechanisms of the hospital-acquired superbug since the early 1990s with funding from the Health Research Board (HRB) and Wellcome trust.
In 1994 they ...
More at: Pet Connection Blog » H1N1, cats and keeping the entire family safe.
Foremost among those diseases come from MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), parasites and ringworm. The bacteria MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics. A ...
More at: Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention: Statins and surgical site infections.
A large retrospective cohort study in the October issue of Archives of Surgery demonstrates that preoperative statin use was not associated with a decreased ...
