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 ...

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

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, ...

Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in ...

Cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, rose 41 percent during the pandemic and account for around 10 percent of hospital-associated infections. Its pandemic-induced ...

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 ...

According to new data from the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon hospitals made gains in lowering the number of health ...

Researchers concluded breaches of infection control may have contributed to three cases of MRSA infection after the patients received epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, ...

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 ...

MRSE and MRSA are bacterial infections caused by the Staphylococcus genus. These infections are resistant to several types of antibiotics, making them more difficult to treat. They can cause serious ...

A Raleigh dance company was temporarily closed Wednesday after an athlete tested positive for MRSA, or methycillin-resistant staphylococcus aurea. MRSA is a strain of bacteria resistant to most ...