All Articles Tagged With: "MRSA Infection"
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Colorado Nursing Home Lawsuit Over Bedsores Results in $3.2M Verdict
The family of a Colorado nursing home resident has been awarded $3.2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after the facility allegedly failed to identify and treat massive bedsores that eventually turned septic.
Judge Orders FDA to Begin Limiting Antibiotics on Farms
The FDA has been ordered to resume efforts first initiated 35 years ago, which would limit the use of certain antibiotics on farms that may be contributing to increasing problems with antibiotic-resistent infections suffered by humans.
Hospital Infection Risk May Be Posed by Uniforms: Study
Uniforms worn by many healthcare personnel carry potentially dangerous germs and bacteria, leading Israeli researchers to suggest that there needs to be a closer look at whether clothing may be a vector for the transmission of hospital infections.
FDA Warns Companies Against Claiming Hand Sanitizers Fight MRSA
Federal regulators are warning companies that make over-the-counter hand sanitizers to stop exaggerating the bacteria-killing benefits of their products.
MRSA Infection Rates Higher in U.S. Than in U.K.
Americans are six times more at risk of contracting antibiotic resistant staph infections from their community than their British counterparts, according to a recent government study.
Hospital-Acquired MRSA Infections on the Decline: Report
Increased awareness of practices that help prevent hospital infections, such as better hand-washing and improved patient monitoring, may be helping many facilities throughout the United States fight back against dangerous, antibiotic-resistant surgical infections.
Cepheid Xpert MRSA Test Kit Recall: Kits May Give False Negatives
Blood tests by Cepheid that are designed to check for the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and staph infections are being recalled because they have been found to give false negatives, telling doctors that patients are free from infection when they are not.
Risk of Staph Infection from Surgery Higher After Chest and Brain Surgery
The findings of a new study indicate that patients are at a higher risk of contracting staph infection following surgery, including MRSA, when they have chest and brain procedures than with other types of surgical procedures.
MRSA Infection Hospital Treatments for Kids Have Increased in Recent Years
Researchers say that the number of children diagnosed with antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections that required hospital treatment has increased by a factor of 10 in recent years.
Screening of Likely MRSA Carriers Could Prevent Hospital Infections: Study
A new study has found that certain types of hospital patients are far more likely to carry colonies of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their noses than others, placing them at higher risk of contracting virulent hospital infections or passing it on to other patients.
