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High rates of MRSA transmission found between nursing home residents, healthcare workers

Healthcare workers frequently contaminate their gloves and gowns during every day care of nursing homes residents with drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, according to a new study. The findings were published online today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. “One in four nursing home […]

6/1/15 at 9:41 am     1344      Drug-Resistant Infections, MRSA, Nursing Homes     Medical Xpress