GENEVA, April 15 -- One in every 20 healthcare workers carries methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), researchers ... whether the person is a nasal carrier," they said, so that ...

Mupirocin eliminated MRSA in 75% of carriers for at least 3 ... "An interesting finding is that 54% of [healthcare workers] without direct patient care were harboring hospital-acquired MRSA ...

Transmission to healthcare workers’ family members was reported in eight studies. Only one report did not identify carriage among close contacts of colonised staff. There are three types of MRSA ...

If a healthcare worker is colonized ... against working in an acute care facility? Routine decolonization of HCWs who are asymptomatic MRSA carriers is not recommended. However, if a HCW is ...

Healthcare workers frequently contaminate their gloves and gowns during every day care of nursing homes residents with drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, according to a new study.

The gloves and gowns of healthcare workers are ... contaminated with MRSA by the end of their shifts 3. MRSA transmission varied a great deal between low-risk and high-risk care activities from ...

Though bacteria can spread among hospital patients from health-care worker’s hands and contaminated ... regimen to screening and isolation of MRSA carriers or infected patients.

MRSA, the more dangerous antibiotic-resistant staph infection, can be spread by bed linens, medical equipment or health care workers if they don't wash their hands properly between patients.

Researchers studied healthcare staff workers ... one acute-care hospital and 53 staff members from six care homes. Results showed staff members tended to attribute causes of MRSA infection ...

The story of MRSA ... Among healthcare workers, colonization rates typically range between 5-10 percent, creating potential transmission vectors between patients. In long-term care facilities ...

He added that “what the study shows is that the increase in MRSA may not be directly related to COVID-19 but to the delivered care which ... patients and healthcare workers is too great.

But there are many people whom the country needs to keep going into work—grocery cashiers, first responders, factory workers for critical businesses. Most obviously, we need health-care workers ...