Study Reveals Reduction In Infection Rate By Giving Patients Private Rooms
A study by McGill University researchers that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that a private room in a hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) can decrease the chances of contracting an infection. The study compared rates of infection in an ICU before and after the hospital changed from shared rooms with curtains to private, single rooms. The results of the study showed that the combined rate of infection for C. difficile, MRSA (methiciliin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), and vancomycin-resistant Enteroccucus decreased by 54% after the change to private rooms. Private rooms can cut down on...
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Study Demonstrates Correlation Between Under-Staffing & Incidence Of Infections In Nursing Homes
Amongst the first of its kind, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh set forth to determine what factors make nursing home patients susceptible to infections. The team of researchers evaluated Medicare and Medicaid data from 16,000 from 2000 through 2007 and determined that the biggest predictor of infection was the staffing levels at the facility. While analyzing the data supplied pursuant to medicare regulations, the researchers looked for violations related to F-Tag 441. F-Tag 441 is the citation given to nursing homes when nursing home surveyors find violations for infection control protocol. According to Medicare data, 15% of nursing home...
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Nursing Homes Remain Ideal Breeding Grounds For Strains Of MRSA Infections
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is an infection that is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that is resistant to the antibiotics typically used to combat staph infections. HA-MRSA or health care-associated MRSA affects people who are or have been in hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, or other health care settings, especially those who have undergone surgery or invasive procedures. CA-MRSA or community-associated MRSA occurs in communities of healthy people, such as child care workers, high school wrestlers, or people living in crowded conditions. Community-associated MRSA usually starts as a painful skin boil or abscess that is often confused...
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MRSA In Nursing Homes On The Rise Amongst Residents & Staff
An English study evaluating the prevalence of MRSA (MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in nursing homes has revealed residents and staff are at risk for contracting the bacteria. The sampling 1,111 residents and 553 staff in 45 nursing homes revealed 24% of residents and 7% of the staff were MRSA carriers. According to Dr. Paddy Kearney, Consultant Medical Microbiologist with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, "We decided to carry out the study after noticing an apparent increase in recent years in the number of patients who had MRSA when they were admitted to hospital from nursing homes."...
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Nursing Homes- The Perfect Breeding Grounds for MRSA
In the 1960's a new strain of strain staph infection began to evolve. The new staph strain was resistant to common antibiotics that were commonly used to treat other strain. The new stain of staph was named, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or commonly known as MRSA. MRSA is a drug resistant bacterium that causes infection in various parts of the body. According to Web MD, the symptoms of MRSA depend on what area of the body is infected. Generally infections to the skin are not considered to be serious. However if MRSA enters the blood stream or open wounds (pressure sores)...
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