Most ambulance oxygen tanks carry the superbug MRSA, new study finds
Researchers tested nine oxygen tanks carried by three ambulances based at an EMS station in Alabama. They found MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, on all nine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients often avoid vaccinations due to fear of side effects
Social media may fuel misconceptions over vaccinations Related items fromOnMedica Double check patients with ‘penicillin’ allergy to avoid MRSA risk Malaria cases rise sharply Africans in the UK most likely to acquire malaria A fifth of unvaccinated ethnic girls say they don ’t need HPV jab NICE urges wider uptake of flu vaccination (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 24, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
What Complications Can Gastrostomy Tubes Have?
Discussion
Gastrostomy tubes (GT or GTubes) have been used to support patients for about a century. They are placed between the abdominal skin and the stomach either percutaneously or surgically. The tubes can be a standard long tube with either a bumper or inflatable balloon internally and externally they have a retention piece to hold the GT in place. A button or low profile tube are similar but extend just beyond the skin.
Reasons for GT placement include:
Nutritional support
Hydration maintenance
Medication management
Aspiration avoidance
Gastric stasis decompression
Obstruction bypass
Quality of life improvement for...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 21, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Medical News Today: 1 in 4 US antibiotics may be inappropriately prescribed
Records of 19.2 million privately insured people show that 23.2 percent of antibiotic prescription fills in the United States in 2016 were inappropriate. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | Medscape Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | Medscape
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by S aureus bacteria and can be fatal. There are 2 major strains of MRSA: hospital-acquired (HA) MRSA and community-acquired (CA) MRSA. HA-MRSA includes cases in which the patient has had a current or recent hospitalization, receives dialysis, resides in a long-term care facility, or has had recent antibiotic use. (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Resource Center Source Type: news
Double check patients with'penicillin allergy' to avoid increased MRSA risk.
Healthcare staff should be aware of this and ensure that only people with a true allergy to penicillin are documented as such, NICE is urging. Incorrectly identifying people as allergic could also contribute to antimicrobial resistance, as these people are likely to instead be given broad-spectrum antibiotics. The warning comes in a new medicines evidence commentary (MEC) on research conducted in the UK and published in the BMJ in June 2018. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wiping out MRSA: effect of introducing a universal disinfection wipe in a large UK teaching hospital.
Contamination of the inanimate environment around patients constitutes an important reservoir of MRSA. This paper describes the effect of introducing a universal disinfection wipe in all wards on the rates of MRSA acquisitions and bacteraemias across a large UK teaching hospital. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ambulance Equipment Contaminated With MRSA Ambulance Equipment Contaminated With MRSA
Ambulance oxygen tanks are likely to carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a small U.S. study suggests, pointing to the need for regular disinfection of medical equipment.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Surgeons should put on their own gowns
Chances of contamination are high if surgeon receives help dressing Related items fromOnMedica Childhood adenoid removal does not lessen infection risk Pre-surgery breathing physio halves risk of complications Testing and treating MRSA is cost-effective Sharp rise of swine flu in Australia suggests pandemic UK Swine flu cases may be double the official figure (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 8, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Sepsis | Medscape Sepsis | Medscape
Review clinical reference information, guidelines, and medical news on sepsis, including identification of sepsis blood infection and septic shock. Review guidelines on SIRS sepsis, Candida sepsis, MRSA sepsis, and pneumococcal sepsis. (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Resource Center Source Type: news
Ambulance equipment contaminated with drug-resistant superbug
(Reuters Health) - Ambulance oxygen tanks are likely to carry the "superbug" MRSA, a small U.S. study suggests, pointing to the need for regular disinfection of medical equipment. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Antibiotic resistance: Old Irish 'soil cure' tackles major superbugs
Newly identified bacteria in Irish soil long used in folk medicine stops growth of MRSA and three other superbugs behind antibiotic-resistant infections. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Computer model shows how to better control MRSA outbreaks
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A research team led by scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health report on a new method to help health officials control outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infection often seen in hospitals. The researchers are the first to reveal the invisible dynamics governing the spread of these outbreaks and demonstrate a new, more effective method to prevent their spread. Findings are published in the journal eLife. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Soil from Northern Ireland contains bacteria which 'can kill four of the world's top superbugs'
The new bacteria discovered in the soil from County Fermanagh, streptomyces sp. myrophorea, can halt the spread of superbugs including MRSA, scientists have found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Association of a label of penicillin allergy with increased risk of MRSA and Clostridium difficile infection: DTB Select summary
This journal article gives summary and context to a matched cohort study, that found people with a documented allergy to penicillin have higher rates of MRSA and Clostridium difficile infection. This was influenced by increased use of alternatives to beta-lactam antibiotics. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
