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Drug Resistance
More States Move to Require Hospitals to Screen Patients for MRSA
April 5th, 2008
Concerns about the rising incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have prompted lawmakers in a number of states around the country to push hospitals to take more aggressive steps to prevent its spread. Three states have passed laws requiring hospitals to screen certain patients for MRSA upon admission and similar proposals have been introduced in Congress and in seven states and the District of Columbia. The debate over the need for stricter MRSA prevention measures is heating up just as new research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that universal screening can lead to dramatically lower infection rates. Researchers...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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