Jan. 7, 2005 — Isolation practices for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are not necessary, according to the results of a prospective, ...

We use an extended version of a previously described stochastic simulation model. [10] The model contains three hospitals of 693 beds, each with an extramural population of 220,000 subjects. Patients ...

Universal decolonization of all ICU patients can help reduce bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and also lower healthcare costs, and does so better compared ...

Proof that MRSA control policies in hospitals work is poor, show researchers in this week's BMJ. But they stress that, although better studies are urgently needed, isolation measures should continue ...

The more often a hospital can check its newborns for deadly MRSA germs, the more likely it will be that they are contained, according to a new study. However, researchers noted that there are ...