Showing posts with label MRSA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MRSA. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2009

Universal Screening at Hospital Admission to Reduce Nosocomial Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection?

A study reported in the March 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA. 2008;299:1149-1157, 1190-1192.) concluded that universal screening on hospital admission for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection may not reduce the rate of hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients.