MRSA Notes

This program has been in place in the adult wards, but now children admitted to the pediatric wards at John’s Hopkins will be screened for MRSA and VRE (Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci). They conducted a study that reinforced the idea:

In a study of 330 patients that lasted four months, weekly testing found 54 percent of patients [...]

This is the story of a man in Maryland, and his experience with MRSA. Thanks for sharing this with us, and again, if you are interested in sharing your experiences with others, please feel free to email me at christina@b5media.com.
I contracted the bacterial infection about 3 years ago. The infection corresponds with hospital check [...]

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 [...]

Just like I would (and often do) advise no one to get elective surgery right now, I would say also that this is absolutely not the time to be getting tattoos either. And this is spoken from a tattoo loving gal who sports two of them herself. I have talked to a [...]

This sounds an awful lot like the “turn in your guns” campaign.  But whatever works:
Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com - Battle Creek, Mich.
The statewide pilot program, “Antibiotic Roundup,” encourages consumers to take their expired or unused antibiotics to local Meijer Inc. pharmacies [...]

Latest bug’s right under our noses - baltimoresun.com
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined nasal samples taken from 9,622 people in 2001 and 2002. They found 32 percent of the samples contained staph bacteria. That translates to nearly 90 [...]

This way of acquiring MRSA seems to be more and more prevalent!
Teens Get Drug-Resistant Infections After Getting Tattoos
PASADENA, Md. — Anne Arundel County health officials said four teenagers contracted a drug-resistant skin infection after they got tattoos from a tattoo artist working out of a home basement in Pasadena.
The infection is known as MRSA [...]