Hospital system takes on MRSA.(News)(Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus )

From: Internal Medicine News | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

A Chicago-area hospital system has launched an ambitious effort to sharply reduce the rate of in-hospital methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections by screening all patients.

The new admissions screening process at each of three Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH) hospitals is intended to reduce the rate of MRSA infections by 50% within 2 years.

A recent prevalence study conducted by ENH showed that about 8% of patients being admitted were colonized with MRSA, Lance Peterson, M.D., told this newspaper. That figure is in line with other studies from around the United ...

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