During phase 2 (12 months), all patients admitted to ICUs were assessed for nasal MRSA carriage using PCR-based testing. Contact precautions were instituted for colonized patients, but ...

The idea you could access the blood-brain barrier through a swab up the nose is a complete misunderstanding of what it is and how it works. The brain has lots of layers of protection. First and ...

A 49-year-old man with intellectual disability was admitted to the hospital for treatment of persisting epistaxis following routine collection of a nasopharyngeal swab specimen for SARS-CoV-2 ...

And one of her go-to products is the Zicam nasal swab! "I travel all the time and I try not to get sick," Watson said. "You literally put this up your nose and it stops you from getting sick." ...

The most cost-effective strategies to control MRSA spread in NICUs are still the subject of debate, but surveillance is consistently accepted as an indispensable tool to customize them and to ...

A hospital spokesman explained it can take up to 96 hours to find out the results of routine swabs taken to detect MRSA. Shanelle spent two-and-a-half weeks in hospital, initially treated at ...

A 49-year-old man with intellectual disability was admitted to the hospital for treatment of persisting epistaxis following routine collection of a nasopharyngeal swab specimen for SARS-CoV-2 ...

Often called “rapid tests” or “home Covid tests,” these tests rely on a nasal swab to detect active infections within about 15 minutes. They can be a valuable tool for managing life with ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers used nasopharyngeal swabs and single-cell ribonucleic acid ...

MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact, there is a good chance that the staph infection you picked up from that contaminated doorknob is already antibiotic resistant. Most staph infections in ...

The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits through the website, covidtests.gov. The tests will begin shipping ...

The nasal swab test, which will cost £120, will be available in selected stores in the UK to people who are not showing symptoms. The company says the aim is to offer customers peace of mind.