vancomycin-resistant organisms
“Vancomycin — usually used as a drug of last resort to treat infections caused by gram-positive bacteria — is increasingly being replaced by other agents because of the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms” - IDSA News
MRI scans as transmitters of MRSA
: Dr P Rothschild is waging a war against dirty MRI scanners as obvious routes of MRSA transmission – detailed descriptions on the shortcomings in hygiene at a radiologists conference in Chicago (The Earth Times)
Use of alcohol hand rub reduces MRSA
In a British study, it was found that hospitals are ordering three times as much soap and alcohol hand rub as in 2004 – and a strong correlation between use of alcohol hand rub and reduction of MRSA was found, summarized as “for each extra ml of alcohol hand rub per patient day, there was a one percent reduction in MRSA levels”, on an aggregated level - MedicalNewsToday
A blog of Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR) managed by Dr. A. J. Tamhankar