MDRO’s
Chris | April 26, 2011
The CDC defines Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO’s) as microorganisms that have developed resistance to multiple antimicrobial drugs; two MDRO’s we are most familiar with in Long-term Care are MRSA (Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and VRE (Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus). Patients, health-care workers and visitors are potential sources of MDRO’s. They may be colonized, infected, and unknowingly transmitting resistant organisms to one [...]