title: Protecting patients from harm: reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide wound care practitioners with information about interventions to prevent, reduce, or treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in wound care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After reading this article and taking this test, the reader should be able to: 1. Discuss the transmission of MRSA infections. 2. Identify ways to prevent MRSA infections. 3. Identify ways to treat MRSA infections.
authors.affiliation: Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marten
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010361:Patients; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity