A new infection control program is 95% effective at eradicating bacteria, including MRSA and VRE, from athletic training rooms, according to a new report. Researchers from University Hospitals in ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Using antibacterial soap and ointments to treat all patients in an intensive care unit — not just those who test positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA — reduced presence of ...

MRSA is a type of bacteria that can be resistant to several antibiotics. MRSA might spread more easily in athletic settings. Preventing MRSA infections is crucial to athletes' health and safety. Skin ...

Researchers conducted a study to assess healthcare professionals’ and environment’s influence on the nosocomial transmission of MRSA, according to an article published in Infection Control and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. Progress against the most dangerous ...