http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:39 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/bacteria.php MRSA Facts & Information Retail pork products in the United States. have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52:10 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/bacteria.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/testing-week.php MRSA Facts & Information MRSA Survivors Network are launching their new global awareness campaign International MRSA Testing Week, April 1-7 , an annual designated observance to raise awareness for active detection (screening) for MRSA to surgical and high risk patients before admission to a healthcare facility. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:58:49 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/testing-week.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/hospital-study.php MRSA Facts & Information Common themes emerge in hospitals' anti-MRSA efforts: Study. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:54:08 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/hospital-study.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-action.php MRSA Facts & Information The MRSA pandemic continues to be a major public health threat and crisis along with other antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and must become a top political priority worldwide. This year marks fifty years that MRSA emerged into the world. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:48:36 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-action.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/new.php MRSA Facts & Information New type of MRSA in hospitalized patients probably of animal origin. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:53:04 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/new.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/distinguish.php MRSA Facts & Information The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the first test for Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) infections that is able to quickly identify whether the bacteria are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible (MSSA). Fri, 06 May 2011 16:22:13 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/distinguish.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/epidemic-mrsa.php MRSA Facts & Information MRSA Survivors Network urgently pleads with the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America (SHEA) along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to finally declare MRSA an ongoing epidemic during SHEA's April 1- 4, 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting in Dallas, TX. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:58:19 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/epidemic-mrsa.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/seasonal.php MRSA Facts & Information New study from Rhode Island Hospital shows second half of year more common for MRSA infection. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:11:34 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/seasonal.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/discovery-date.php MRSA Facts & Information MRSA Released Into the World Fifty Years Ago - The ongoing MRSA epidemic continues to be a major global threat and MRSA was first discovered fifty years ago this year by the late professor Patricia Jevons of the U.K. in 1961. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:54:05 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/discovery-date.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/superbugs.php MRSA Facts & Information NHS figures show that about nine per cent of patients actually acquire infections during a hospital stay. This costs the Health Service around GBP1billion annually - money that could be saved by something as simple as regular hand washing. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:41:34 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/superbugs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/screening-savings.php MRSA Facts & Information Screening patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) produces cost savings for the whole hospital, according to a study that used a statistical simulation model published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:49:24 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/screening-savings.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/vaccine-mrsa.php MRSA Facts & Information Researchers unzip MRSA and discover route for vaccine - URMC team presents latest data at National Orthopaedics Meeting. Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:34:44 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/vaccine-mrsa.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/infections.php MRSA Facts & Information IDSA announces first guidelines for treatment of MRSA infections - Will help physicians manage common antibiotic-resistant superbug. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:23:24 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/infections.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/colonizes.php MRSA Facts & Information Rhode Island Hospital study identifies quantity and locations of MRSA colonization. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:38:23 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/colonizes.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/norovirus.php MRSA Facts & Information Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority data shows a significant increase in cases of norovirus and norovirus-like gastrointestinal illness particularly in nursing homes in early 2010; but the virus can be controlled as shown by Pennsylvania nursing homes who share their success stories. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:18:59 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/norovirus.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-map.php MRSA Facts & Information National Minority Quality Forum Launches Atlas That Maps MRSA 'Super Bug' Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:16:55 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-map.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/hvisa.php MRSA Facts & Information Gene discovery could yield treatments for nearsightedness. Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:41:48 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/hvisa.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-day.php MRSA Facts & Information MRSA Survivors Network, the Chicago-based nonprofit organization, launches their second annual World MRSA Day kick-off event at Loyola University Chicago on October 1, 2010. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:39:50 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-day.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-vaccine.php MRSA Facts & Information Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as MRSA – the leading cause of skin and soft tissue, bloodstream and lung infections in the United States. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:50:02 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/mrsa-vaccine.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/hospital-infection-deaths.php MRSA Facts & Information A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that half of all deaths caused by infections such as sepsis and pneumonia resulted from hospital-acquired infections. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:22:25 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/mrsa/hospital-infection-deaths.php