Chris | August 22, 2010
Who spends more time with patients than the healthcare worker? Physicians, nurses, dieticians, physical therapist, housekeeping, and social workers are in and out of patient rooms multiple times a day. But for the most part, the nursing assistants spend the majority of the shift physically caring for Long-term Care patients; no one else gets in [...]
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Chris | August 12, 2010
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is bacteria that have become resistant to several classes of antibiotics, according to the (CDC).Traditional staph organisms and infections have been documented and treated for years but the antibiotic resistant strain, or MRSA, has presented challenges in health care settings and has also limited treatment options. Preventing transmission of any organism in [...]
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