Do staff follow guidelines for dealing with MRSA?
This paper provides an overview of the background of MRSA and its presence in hospitals. A small-scale study of practice is described where staff compliance with MRSA policy was observed. This paper won the Marian Reed Award, a competition run by the West Midlands branch of the Infection Control Nurses' Association, which is jointly sponsored by the Midlands-based Hospital Infection Research Laboratory and Vernacare.
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*