MRSA's new threat is public anxiety
Rehab Regs, November 16, 2007
As all ICPs know, MRSA is not a new problem. What is new is public anxiety about drug-resistant staph infections, which have made headlines in recent weeks.
MRSA was the issue at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday. The CDC's advice on preventing MRSA will also come as no surprise to ICPs: Wash your hands.
Julie Gerberding, MD, director of the CDC, called MRSA "the cockroach of bacteria," a germ that can live on various surfaces, but one that should not trigger public panic, reported The New York Times. "This isn't something just floating around in the air," Gerberding told members of Congress, the Times reported. It takes close contact to become infected with MRSA outside of a hospital, and it is largely preventable by good hygiene, such as hand washing and bandaging cuts, she testified.
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