MRSA Notes

Interestingly enough, I recently had a great conversation with another blogger (during a blogger meetup while I was in Toronto last week) about LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) surgery - this is the laser surgery that is so popular now for vision correction. This is something that I have been hesitant about [...]

Great news in Illinois - from Jeanine Thomas, founder of the MRSA Survivors Network. She has been working so hard for hospital disclosure of MRSA rates, and has had a good measure of success this month:

Again this year I initiated MRSA screening and reporting legislation and in the last 3 months have been lobbying [...]

In the study of MRSA, the word biofilm comes up a lot. This is the problem with the plumbed pedicure units - a biofilm forms on the pipes. Have you ever had to replace the plumbing under your kitchen sink? Surely I am not the only one. The disgusting stuff [...]

Saskatchewan health officials want to warn their communities that although their infection rates are smaller than many other Canadian provinces, they are still as susceptable to MRSA as the rest of the world. Interesting as compared to the rates in Santa Clara County from earlier, Saskatchewan had 1.219 cases in 2005, which rose to [...]

This is a horrible story and is appalling in this day and age. St. Joseph’s General Hospital in Vegreville, Alberta Canada has been closed down to new admissions and to visitors for two major reasons. There has been a recent spread of MRSA through its patients, and in the process of investigating that [...]

If you need any sort of a surgical procedure, you run the risk of getting an infection, but there are many things you can do that will help prevent getting an infection. Please don’t be afraid to ask that these guidelines are followed. There is nothing in here that is unreasonable to ask [...]

We have heard lots about the antimicrobial properties of silver this past year, how it is being used on artificial body parts, and in pajamas to help kill MRSA, and now copper has the eye of the researchers. It is being trialed in a hospital in the UK, on door handles, faucets and fixtures [...]

I am a sucky blogger, I know. I hate it when I get lazy (or in this case overwhelmed) and wind up missing important information! But, just in case it still may help someone, here is some information about a recall of frozen desserts that were contaminated with Staphlococcus bacteria, from late last week:

The Canadian [...]

You never think you are going to be in an emergency - we all know we should be prepared, but are you? During the nightmare that was Hurricane Katrina a couple of years ago, we had all manners of people having to walk for their lives chest deep in filthy bacteria-laden waters. What [...]

One hospital in the UK is using sterile honey and seaweed to prevent MRSA infections in wounds. The honey is directly applied to the wound to seal it, and the seaweed solution is in the dressings and is purported to pull the infection away from the wound.

Doctors at the James Cook University Hospital in [...]