March 26th, 2008

[past headlines]

MRSA screening plans to be unveiled The Press Association - The health secretary is to announce which areas are to run a pilot screening programme for MRSA in hospitals. The year-long programme covering all patients ... Hedgehogs bad, Labradors good: group issues new advice for ... The Canadian Press - TORONTO Things like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and C. difficile. Using all the data they could find, the group drew up recommendations for ... AcroMetrix Announces Launch of First Liquid MRSA Positive Control PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA The OptiQual MRSA Positive Control may be used to independently monitor all phases of MRSA DNA testing to ensure consistent and accurate results. ... MRSA outbreak strikes Ontario jail CBC Ottawa - Ontario, Canada Spokesman Stuart McGetrick said the inmates diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at the Brockville jail are being treated with ... Copper Fixtures in Hospitals May Prevent Deadly Infections Bloomberg - USA MRSA sickens about 2 million Americans a year and costs about $20 billion to treat. Drug-resistant germs such as MRSA have emerged because of excess use of ... Ondine Bio FY pretax loss widens on rise in operating costs Forbes - NY,USA The company also said that it expects to initiate further clinical programs in methicillin/multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decolonisation ... US EPA Approves Registration of Antimicrobial Copper Alloys PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA MRSA is one of the most virulent strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and a common cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections. ... Universal Screening of Hospital Admissions May Reduce MRSA Incidence Medscape (subscription) - USA March 24, 2008 - Universal screening for methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of patients newly admitted to the hospital may reduce the ...