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Self-sanitizing keyboard uses ultraviolet light

January 04, 2012

Vioguard announced that its self-sanitizing computer keyboard has received marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. The keyboard was developed to address the need for continual disinfection efforts in healthcare settings, such as skilled nursing facilities. The keyboard uses ultraviolet light to automatically cleanse its surfaces. Ultraviolet light is a proven killer of flu, MRSA, and other harmful viruses and germs, the firm notes.

FDA approves rapid MRSA/MSSA test

May 10, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood culture test that can determine if Staphylococcus aureus bacteria infections are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible (MSSA).

CDC joins nationwide antimicrobial resistance efforts

April 12, 2011

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health recently announced a public health action plan targeted at antimicrobial resistance.

Seasonal MRSA spikes hit children, spare adults in healthcare settings

March 30, 2011

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rates tend to increase during the summer and autumn months, but adults in healthcare settings may be safe from the spike, new research suggests.

Single-patient ICU rooms lower infection transmission rates

January 14, 2011

Private rooms in intensive care units help to reduce hospital infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and C. difficile, according to a study published in the January issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

MRSA guidelines released

January 06, 2011

The Infectious Diseases Society of America just issued its first set of comprehensive guidelines for treating methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is often seen in nursing homes.

MRSA infection rates vary broadly among nursing homes, report finds

December 03, 2010

While nursing homes are considered to be high-risk facilities for the transmission of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) compared to hospitals and ICUs, infection rates vary broadly from facility to facility, according to a study.

What's that lurking under the resident's mattress? More often now, it could be a bedbug

September 09, 2010

As if MRSA and the flu do not pose enough of an irritation, nursing homes may be contending with a new pest: bedbugs.

Source of a MRSA defense? Scientists find powerful antibiotics on frog skins

August 27, 2010

Their wart-causing powers having long since been debunked, frogs are now getting a chance to prove their medical worthiness, according to new reports. Scientists are now using frog skin to produce new antibiotics to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as MRSA.

Unnecessary hype surrounds new superbug, experts say

August 17, 2010

There is no evidence that a new superbug resistant to most antibiotics will be any more dangerous than other known superbugs, according to new reports.

Just another superbug

Liza Berger August 17, 2010

There's been a lot of discussion lately about a new superbug. Apparently, it may not be as "super powerful" as some people may think.

MRSA cases may be waning as fears of new superbug emerge

August 12, 2010

The number of cases of the dangerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are declining, but a new superbug could be spreading from India, according to two reports.

Fighting bugs with bugs: 'beeglue' could prove effective in fighting MRSA

June 29, 2010

Bees from the Pacific Northwest could be excreting a sticky, but effective, treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to the latest buzz in biomedical research.

One in five long-term elder care patients have MRSA in their noses

April 27, 2010

The secret to identifying people with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isn't right under our nose—it's in it, new research suggests.

C. difficile poised to overtake MRSA as most common healthcare infection

March 23, 2010

Move over, MRSA. Clostridium difficile is on its way to becoming the most common healthcare-associated infection in the country, a new report suggests.

New cellular technique could stop MRSA before it starts

December 07, 2009

It might be possible to stop super bugs like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) before they become harmful, new research shows.

Intensive care units may be breeding grounds for drug-resistant super bugs, report suggests

December 03, 2009

As many as 71% of the world's intensive care patients are receiving antibiotic treatment, which could lead to an increase in drug-resistant super bugs, a new study suggests.

Community-based MRSA poses greater threat to healthcare than previously thought

November 25, 2009

There has been a staggering seven-fold increase in the new community-associated strain of methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospital outpatient units over the last decade, according to new research.

Highly deadly, antibiotic-resistant MRSA targeting older patients, study finds

November 04, 2009

A tough, virulent strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is five times more deadly than other MRSA strains, and typically affects older patients, according to new findings.