Staph screening may wipe out germ
Posted in Staph infections, tagged hospitals, no hand washing, staph, superbug, MRSA, quacks, deaths, germs, Jeanine Thomas, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, VA, there oughta be a law on January 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
From the AP - yeah, I know.
Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph “superbug” could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.
Yet few U.S. hospitals do it, and many fight efforts to require it. Jeanine Thomas, who nearly died from [...]