New findings do not support the recommendation for universal screening on hospital admission for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to reduce the rate of hospital-acquired infections ...

UK Guidance on MRSA screening requires that ‘high-risk’ children are screened on admission to hospital. We investigated the prevalence of MRSA in elective non-day case paediatric surgical admissions ...

The medical community is united in its concern over the rapid spread of drug resistant staph bacteria in hospitals. But it’s divided over what to do. Some experts believe hospitals need to test large ...

Epidemiologists are downplaying the value of mandatory universal nasal screening of patients for MRSA, arguing that proven, hospital-wide infection control practices can prevent more of the ...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) introduced its Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention Initiative in March 2007. [1] Since then, an interrupted time-series analysis [2] ...

A new screening technique for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cuts by 75 percent the time taken to identify patients carrying MRSA and could be used to help prevent transmission of ...

October 13, 2009 — Mandatory screening of all patients entering UK hospitals for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is unjustified and unethical and should be ...

At the Louisville VA hospital%2C MRSA infections have fallen to 0.09 infections per 1%2C000 days patients stay in a bed%2C compared with 1.89 infections per 1%2C000 in 2008 Some non-VA hospitals rely ...

Screening patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) produces cost savings for the whole hospital, according to a study that used a statistical ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Screening patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) produces cost savings for the whole hospital, according to a ...

A new study suggests that to reduce infection rates, it's important to carefully screen healthcare workers for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in addition to taking other steps. The ...