Digital Press Kit: MRSA study: simple steps slash deadly infections in sickest hospital patients

Digital Press Kit: MRSA study: simple steps slash deadly infections in sickest hospital patients

Digital Press Kit: MRSA study: simple steps slash deadly infections in sickest hospital patients

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 05/30/2013 09:05 AM EDT

MRSA study: simple steps slash deadly infections in sickest hospital patients

Bloodstream infections cut by more than 40 percent in study of more than 74,000 patients

A new study on antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals shows that using germ-killing soap and ointment on all intensive-care unit (ICU) patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and significantly reduce the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Patients who have MRSA present on their bodies are at increased risk of developing a MRSA infection and can spread the germ to other patients.

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