All Articles Tagged With: "Staph Infection"
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MRSA Hospital Infections Can Cost $61,000 Each to Treat
A new study indicates that antibiotic-resistant hospital infections can cost hospitals $61,000 to treat and may increase the risk of death for patients seven-fold.
MRSA Infections Nearly Doubled Over Last 10 Years: Study
U.S. researchers indicate that there has been a 90% increase in antibiotic-resistant “superbug” infections since 1999, as strains circulating both in hospitals and the community continue relatively unabated.
Stryker Working to Resolve FDA Warning Letters
Stryker Corp. indicates that it has resolved one of four FDA warning letters issued in recent years over concerns about manufacturing problems and other quality control issues, satisfying concerns the agency had over its Massachusetts Biotech plant.
Hospital MRSA Infections May Follow Patients Home: Study
New research suggests that many patients discharged from a hospital into home health care are sent home with a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and about one in five may transfer the organisms that cause the infection to others in the home.
Inmate Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Inadequate Medical Care at Jail
A Texas jail faces a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of an inmate who died unattended in the jail clinic, following a federal investigation into how the prison let 142 inmates die within its walls since 2001.
Staph Infection Misdiagnosis Lawsuit Results in $5.45M Award
A New York jury awarded $5.45 million last month in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a man who nearly died after a hospital misdiagnosed his staph infection.
MRSA Infection Outbreak Linked to Boston Hospital’s Infection Control
Since November 2008, dozens of mothers and newborn babies have developed hospital MRSA infections after being treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which has been cited for lapses in the hospital’s infection control practices.
Intensive Care Staph Infections Drop Nearly 50 Percent
According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hospital staph infections in intensive care units (ICU) dropped nearly 50% between 1997 and 2007. The reduction appears to be largely due to an increased awareness of the risk and prevention steps that have been put in place at [...]
