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New techniques aim to reduce MRSA
Quality Improvement Monitor, December 7, 2007
Hospitals have stepped up their battle against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a new report shows the superbug is more prevalent than previously believed, according to USA Today.
Hospitalizations caused by MRSA almost doubled between 1999 and 2005, from 127,000 to nearly 280,000 according to a report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the newspaper said.
Healthcare organizations are using the following methods to fight MRSA, the paper said:
- Having secret observers to watch clinicians wash their hands
- Swabbing the noses of all patients to look for certain bacteria
- Putting alcohol sanitizer dispensers in hallways and outside patient rooms to encourage clinicians and visitors to wash their hands
- Testing the surfaces of countertops, bed rails, and other medical equipments for bacteria
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