June 4th, 2008

[past headlines]

Antibacterial Hospital Wipes Could Be Spreading MRSA Infections
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Brantford, Ontario, Canada
June 3 2008 - Antibacterial wipes used to destroy superbugs may in fact do the exact opposite, help them spread. According to British researchers, ...

Germicidal Wipes Can Spread Bacteria
CBS News - New York, NY, USA
About 100000 cases of invasive MRSA occur each year in the United States, according to the CDC, and the vast majority of these infections occur in hospitals ...

MRSA Superbug Found to be Widespread in Pigs, Pig Farmers
Natural News.com - Phoenix, AZ, USA
(NaturalNews) The antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is widespread among both pigs and pig ...

Intrafamilial Spread of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago, IL, USA
1 However, because of the relative novelty of problems with community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), similar intrafamilial spread of these organisms has been ...

Charlottetown hospital reports more superbug cases
CBC.ca - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The hospital also reported five new cases of methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) in one of its medical units. The QEH said in a release that the unit ...

Can we 'wipe out' MRSA?
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
Three basic principles is all it could take to reduce the incidence of MRSA in hospitals according to a new research by Cardiff University. ...

Antimicrobial wipes can spread bacteria in hospitals
CTV.ca - Canada
Antimicrobial wipes commonly used in hospitals to clean surfaces like bed railings may in fact spread bacteria, such as MRSA, if used incorrectly, ...