Infection Control for Physician Practices Archives – July 1, 2007
July 1, 2007
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Is your practice safe? Emerging community staph causes fatal infection
Signaling an increasing risk to staff in physician offices, public health investigators suspect that a fatal infection with community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a pediatric clinic worker in Nashville, TN, was occupationally acquired, Infection Control for Physician Practices has learned. -
Bug basics: Is it staph, MRSA, or CA-MRSA?
Staphylococcus aureus often referred to simply as "staph" are bacteria commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people. Approximately 25%-30% of the population is colonized (when bacteria are present, but not causing an infection) in the nose with staph bacteria. -
Preventing infections in physician practices
With community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) continuing to emerge nationally, infection control professionals and consultants are educating physician office staff many of whom may not have extensive medical training about the essential elements of infection prevention. -
10 steps to stop infections in the physician office
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following basic infection control measures for physician offices: -
Look for OSHA compliance coverage in next issue
Agency conducts 'special emphasis' inspections