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New study finds screening reduces MRSA
Quality Improvement Monitor, March 21, 2008
Just one week after a study concluded that screening for methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA) wasn't particularly effective, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Illinois reported that testing all hospital patients for MRSA can dramatically reduce hospital-acquired infections, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Annals of Internal Medicine reported the Northwestern findings this week. Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association found screening did not lower MRSA rates significantly.
Lance Peterson, MD, founder of Evanston Northwestern's MRSA screening program, told the Tribune that "a very comprehensive, aggressive MRSA screening program can significantly reduce the number of infections." (For more information about Northwestern's success in reducing MRSA, read the March issue of the Quality Improvement Report.
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