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Study recommends increased MRSA testing
Researchers at Evanston, IL, Northwestern Healthcare have shown that techniques previously used for infection control may not be making a difference, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Since the study, Evanston Northwestern hospital has started screening and testing all patients, not just intensive-care. Since the intervention, hospital acquired methicillin-resistant stapholoccocus aureus (MRSA) infections have decreased 70%.
A recent study first tested all hospital patients to see the amount of drug-resistant bacteria. Second, researchers tested all patients admitted to intensive care for MRSA. The patients with the bacteria were placed in isolation and precautions were taken. However, researchers have observed that this level of intervention didnít reduce the amount of MRSA infections because even though they were colonized by MRSA, they were still dispersed around the hospital.
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