Study: MRSA lower in coffee and tea drinkers
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, July 20, 2011
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Perhaps you should include Starbucks as a resource for future infection prevention plans.
It appears that drinking coffee and tea could be associated with reducing the chance of MRSA infections, according to a study from the Medical University of South Carolina.
Find out more information, including links to the study, on the OSHA Healthcare Advisor.
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