Topic: Staph Infections
AP News | 2010-01-06 21:02:15
<div id="subtitle">Studies: Switching antiseptic prep, screening patients for bacteria cut post-op infections</div><div><p>Looks like doctors aren't the only ones who should scrub before surgery. Bathing patients with an antiseptic and squirting medicated ointment up their noses dramatically cut the rate of dangerous staph infections afterward, researchers ...
AP News | 2009-12-31 04:02:07
<div id="subtitle">Norway finds way to control infection that kills thousands elsewhere: Cut antibiotics</div><div><p>Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched. A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-15 21:14:49
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A single patient infected with the increasingly common "superbug" known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.</p><p>Their study of seven hospitals and health facilities shows that taking action, even expensive action, to fight infections can save money, the researchers ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-24 21:10:33
<div><p>Cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections usually acquired in the community are growing in the United States and rapidly spreading to hospitals, researchers said Tuesday.</p><p>Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can penetrate wounds and cause lethal bloodstream and lung infections, kills about 20,000 each year in the United ...
