Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the same bacteria, but a strain that is resistant to certain commonly used antibiotics (drugs that prevent the growth of or kill bacteria). This ...
Isolate patient in a private room or in room with other patients on MRSA precautions. If possible, divide patient assignments so that health care personnel are not required to care for both ...
To find out, investigators in Switzerland conducted a prospective interventional cohort study to compare rapid on-admission screening for MRSA plus standard infection-control precautions ...
If you have a small skin eruption caused by MRSA, your healthcare provider may make an incision to drain it. Until the wound is fully healed, you need to keep it covered and take standard precautions ...
People Take Once Unthinkable Precautions as Police Search for the Kentucky Highway Shooter LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Jittery residents living near where a gunman opened fire on a Kentucky highway are ...