Objectives: Screening and decolonization for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is routinely performed prior to surgery in many centers, however limited data describe the contribution ...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) introduced its Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention Initiative in March 2007. [1] Since then, an interrupted time-series analysis [2] ...

September 13, 2009 (San Francisco, California) — Universal screening using rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) in hospitals appears to ...

The move, to begin next year, comes as a result of Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon accepting the MRSA National Programme Board's recommendations. All patients should be screened on admission and if ...

Polymerase chain reaction testing may be more clinically effective than chromogenic agar for MRSA screening, according to research published in BMC Infectious Diseases. For their study, researcher ...

Diagnostics company bioMerieux (PARIS:BIM) has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a test to detect and screen for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus, more ...

While screening for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus may be the method of choice for some hospitals, the efficacy of the practice remains in question, according to a study in the American ...

Devon and Cornwall's biggest hospital is pioneering new technology to reduce the rate and spread of MRSA. Plymouth's Derriford Hospital is one of the first to invest in a screening system, which will ...

Exclusive The NHS is spending tens of millions of pounds - and more than £300 per positive test - to detect a tiny fraction of patients with MRSA in the community, a Pulse investigation has found.

Results from focus groups and questionnaires showed healthcare workers from Chicago-area hospitals generally exhibited positive perceptions toward legislation requiring MRSA screening, according to ...