| Study:
MRSA infections on decline
From AHA News Now:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
decreased dramatically in hospitals and the community between
2005 and 2008, according to a
study of nine metropolitan areas reported in today's
Journal of the American Medical Association. Hospital-onset
MRSA decreased 9.4% per year, including an 11.2% decline in MRSA
bloodstream infections, while community-onset infections
decreased 5.7%. "Taken together with data from more than 600
intensive care units nationwide, these findings suggest that
there is a real decrease in MRSA infection rates among patients
in U.S. hospitals," the authors state. To eliminate preventable
healthcare-associated MRSA, the study calls for further efforts
to increase adherence to existing recommendations and address
MRSA transmission and prevention beyond inpatient settings. |
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