Handwashing More Important Than Isolation In Controlling MRSA Superbug Infection, Study Suggests
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 22:14
in Health & Medicine
Regular handwashing by hospital staff and visitors did more to prevent the spread of the MRSA superbug than isolating infected patients. The rates of cross infection with MRSA when patients were not moved to single rooms or nursed in separate MRSA bays were compared to the periods when patients were moved. There was no evidence of increased transmission of infection when patients were not moved.
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