Hospital Infection

Studies from R.R.W. Brady and colleagues yield new information about hospital infection

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 14th, 2010

"Effective infection control practice requires knowledge of and adherence to contemporary infection control guidelines. Utilising a novel questionnaire tool, we evaluated knowledge of recently published guidelines on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) precautions in a number of relevant healthcare worker (HCW) populations," scientists writing in the Journal of Hospital Infection report.

"The questionnaire was developed from national UK MRSA practice guidelines and consisted of 10 'true or false' statements. The questionnaire was utilised to assess knowledge in 293 participants from HCW and control populations. The participants included 188 doctors...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2010-01-14)

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