Article: MRSA Carriage Among Hospital Employees and Their Families.(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)(Report)

Article: Comparison of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and found a prevalence of MRSA in the health workers of 4%, but none in the general population group. The implication of MRSA carriage in health workers is discussed. Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, methicillin, prevalence, health workers N Z ...

Article: Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... colonized patients and health care workers are the major sources of methicillin ... screen patients and health care workers for MRSA carriage, to evaluate two selective ... 53 outpatients and 57 health care workers) were screened for MRSA after ...

Article: Antimicrobial-Drug Use and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... To preserve this low level, patients admitted from foreign hospitals are isolated and screened for MRSA carriage. Health-care workers who have been working in foreign hospitals are also screened before working in Danish hospitals. At the ...

Article: "Cloud" Health-Care Workers.(Statistical Data ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Certain bacteria dispersed by health-care workers can cause hospital infections. Asymptomatic health-care workers colonized rectally, vaginally ... supporting the existence of cloud health-care workers. A variety of infectious agents ...

Article: Public Tells Health Care Workers: Get Your H1N1 Flu ...
U.S. Newswire;  October 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... required H1N1 vaccination for health care workers in case of outbreak, while only 38% of health care workers intend to get vaccinated ANN ARBOR ... priority groups. One such group is health care workers. A report released today by the C ...

Article: Flu vaccine for health care workers: Liability ...
Hospital Home Health;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Flu vaccine for health care workers: Liability factors Sick employees ... places that would force health care workers to be vaccinated or risk their ... at least one state that health care workers forego the vaccine entirely so ...

Article: How Accurate Are Health Care Workers' Perceptions ...
Military Medicine;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Health care workers' perceptions of patient suffering ... well studied. Patients and health care workers were invited to answer a single ... for future research, what health care workers thought causes or caused the most ...