Hospital staff winning fight against superbugs
STAFF at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals have been praised for doing a good job of ridding the trust of superbugs.
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MRSA found in dairy cows
“Scientists in the UK have discovered a new strain of MRSA that appears to spread to humans from cattle and can cause life-threatening illness,” reported The Guardian. It said that a study of dairy herds had found the drug-resistant strain in cows'…
MRSA 'spread by patient transfers'
New research has mapped the way that MRSA “superbug” bacteria spread, BBC News has reported. The results suggest that antibiotic-resistant bacteria may often spread from large, inner-city hospitals to smaller regional ones when patients are…
‘We didn’t know our loved ones had MRSA’
More families of patients who died in hospital have complained they were not told their loved-ones had MRSA.
Hospital calls security over MRSA 'cleaners'
Victims of MRSA burst into a hospital wearing cleaning outfits and carrying mops to raise awareness of the problem for a TV documentary.
MRSA link to contact sport players
People who play contact sports are more than twice as likely as those who play non-contact sports to carry MRSA, research has found.
Antibiotic 'boosts spread of MRSA'
A common antibiotic is helping a deadly superbug spread through hospitals, according to research.
New MRSA strain found in UK milk
A new strain of the MRSA "superbug" has been found in the milk of British cows as well as swab samples taken from humans.
Family's anger over MRSA death
The family of a pensioner who died of MRSA only found out she had the superbug after reading her death certificate.
Family kept in dark over MRSA
A hospital failed to inform a family that their dying mother had MRSA.
