Better Screening
Needed to Reduce MRSA Transmission
[Posted 04/24/2008]
Researchers who
reviewed data from 169 studies of 33,318 healthcare
workers in 37 countries found that 4.6% of the
workers carried methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA), and of these, 5.1% had clinical MRSA
infections. They further found 18 studies with
proven and 26 studies with likely transmission of
MRSA to patients from (healthcare workers) who were
not clinically infected with MRSA. These findings
suggest that more aggressive screening of healthcare
workers is required to help reduce infection rates.
The review is expected to be published in the May
issue of
The
Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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