During the COVID pandemic, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in acute care hospitals rose steeply, despite a decrease of infections before the pandemic, the Society for ...

Implementing a program to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was more effective when all hospitals in a region took part compared with implementation at an individual hospital, ...

As a whole, Oregon hospitals failed in 2024 to meet national standards for preventing infections related to certain surgeries and other health care procedures, the Oregon Health Authority reported.

Breaches of infection control protocol may have contributed to three patients who were infected with MRSA after receiving epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, according to a study ...

Debbie Cohen’s “minor” leg injury in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 4 escalates into a suspected MRSA case that endangers her, ...

The more often a hospital can check its newborns for deadly MRSA germs, the more likely it will be that they are contained, according to a new study. However, researchers noted that there are ...

LEXINGTON USA, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Private sector facilities in the United States have experienced a resurgence of Methicillin ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(5):499-509. Limiting unnecessary, empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is universally thought to be an effective tool for reducing HAIs and limiting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer MRSA health care-associated infections were reported when facilities practiced active surveillance and ...

Oregon hospitals have made strides in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs) but still fall short in meeting ...

Mupirocin twice daily to each nostril for the 5 days before the day of surgery Two applications of nasal iodophor (at least 5%) to each nostril within 2 hours before surgery Facilities can choose to ...

New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells had a seventh surgery on his foot Saturday and has two more scheduled, agent Ron Slavin told ESPN's Lisa Salters. According to Slavin,doctors finally think they ...