1. A computer-based model could help hospitals control outbreaks of MRSA and identify MRSA patients who don’t show symptoms.
2. Ambulance oxygen tanks are likely to carry MRSA, suggesting a need to regularly disinfect medical equipment.
3. Using antiseptic soap, mouthwash and antibiotic nasal ointment post-discharge can help prevent MRSA infections and readmissions.
4. Black children were almost 1.5 times as likely as white children to have community-associated MRSA infections.
5. MRSA bacteremia events declined by 8 percent in the U.S. between 2016 and 2017.
6. Contamination of patient privacy curtains with multidrug-resistant organisms, including MRSA, is common.
7. Patients colonized with MRSA can contaminate emergency department environments.
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