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Eight years of decreased MRSA health care-associated infections associated with Veterans Affairs Prevention Initiative

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Arlington, VA, January 5, 2017 -The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration's campaign to limit healthcare facility-associated infections (HAIs) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continues to make significant progress, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).The new study, by Martin E. Evans, MD, and colleagues from the Veterans Health Administration, found that between October 2007 and September 2015 monthly HAI rates dropped 87 percent in intensive care units (ICUs), 80.1 percent in non-ICUs, and 80.9 percent in spinal cord injury units (SCIUs).In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), rates fell 49.4 percent during the period of July 2009 to September 2015.
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Study shows decrease in MRSA infections after VA initiative

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ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A new study by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration shows a significant decline in healthcare facility-associated infections, or HAIs, of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, as a result of the Veterans Affairs Prevention Initiative.Dr. Martin E. Evans, of the Veterans Health Administration, led the study that found between October 2007 and September 2015 monthly HAI rates dropped 87 percent in intensive care units, or ICUs, 80.1 percent in non-ICUs and 80.9 percent in spinal cord injury units, or SCIUs.HAI rates dropped in long-term care facilities, or LTCFs, by 49.4 percent between July 2009 and September 2015.
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Nurse, Cooper Hospital spar over infant MRSA infections

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