MRSA test 'cuts infections by 40%'

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Rapid testing of patients for MRSA reduced infection rates by nearly 40%, reported the Times (19 December 2007). The newspaper accurately reported the results of a study comparing infections before and after the introduction of the test. The causal relationship between testing and the reduction in infections is uncertain.
The Times reported that rates of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients undergoing surgery at University College Hospital, London, fell by nearly 40% following the introduction of a rapid screening test, with a 38.6% reduction in bloodstream infections and 27.9% reduction in wound infections.
The authors concluded:
Rapid MRSA screening resulted in a significant reduction in staphylococcal bloodstream infections although a causal link cannot be established with this type of study design.
院內感染一直是個頭痛的問題，這些菌種繁衍新的抗藥性品種以求生存，人類再研發更強的政策來對抗他們，不斷的循環著; 好像環保議題一樣，人類不斷的製造新的產物已求更精緻的生活，地球就產生更多的二氧化碳跟廢物，不斷的惡化著; 又好像我們之間的感情，我不斷的要求，你不斷的滿足，永遠的愛著 ^^a..