Posted on 01/12/2010 2:49:45 PM PST by decimon
MRSA is mainly spread by patients moving between hospitals, Dutch researchers have said.
The authors have called for more screening of people who are repeatedly admitted to different hospitals to try to break this transmission cycle.
They said this would eventually help to eradicate MRSA.
The conclusions were drawn from a large study of the geographical location of different strains of MRSA across 26 European countries.
MRSA is a potentially lethal bug which is difficult to combat because it has developed resistance to some antibiotics.
The study was published in the journal, PloS Medicine.
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The man was already on a no-fly list. Existing measures were adequate, but they just didn’t bother to enforce them.
I’ve noticed that facilities in our area involved in a patient transfer are doing a MRSA screen both at the sending hospital and the receiving hospital.
Do you have any idea how many in the COMMUNITY are carriers?
No argument there
Mapping the Distribution of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus across Europe commentary
Get some Mentholatum or Vicks and keep the area surrounding the site well coated until it heals. Not many pathogens can withstand the camphor and eucalyptus in those ointments, or the petroleum jelly base either.
Thank you for the suggestion. I think I have some in the medicine cabinet.
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