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In the news today, a new scientific report suggests that swimmers using public ocean beaches increase their risk for exposure to staph bacteria and potential infections.
Staph infections are a growing public health concern. You acquire a staph infection when the bacteria staphylococcus aureus enters small cracks in the skin or a wound, quickly spreading to healthy cells.
The study found swimmers have a 37 percent chance of exposure to staph in subtropical marine waters. However, less than 3 percent of the water tested contained the potentially virulent variety of antibiotic resistant staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, which can cause mild skin irritations and, in some cases, death.
Of course, this doesn't mean you should cancel your summer trip to the beach. John Cmar, M.D., a Sinai Hospital of Baltimore physician, recently spoke to Fox 45 news about the dangers of acquiring MRSA and tips for keeping the harmful germs at bay. Click here to see the video.
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- Activist Seeking Stronger Rules On Reporting Health-care Infections Says Industry Lobbyists Misled Legislative Committee To Kill Bill
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- Kentucky Hospitals Disagree On How To Battle Mrsa, An Antibiotic-resistant And Highly Contagious Bacteria That Plagues Them
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- White Coats: Medical Professionalism Or Infectious Risk?
Anyone who's seen me striding about the hospital knows that one of my distinctive Cmar-isms is that I always roll up the sleeves of my white coat, as well as my shirt. Far from being a mere affectation, to me it serves two important purposes, both...
Health News
How to reduce your chance of aquiring a Staph infection
In the news today, a new scientific report suggests that swimmers using public ocean beaches increase their risk for exposure to staph bacteria and potential infections.
Staph infections are a growing public health concern. You acquire a staph infection when the bacteria staphylococcus aureus enters small cracks in the skin or a wound, quickly spreading to healthy cells.
The study found swimmers have a 37 percent chance of exposure to staph in subtropical marine waters. However, less than 3 percent of the water tested contained the potentially virulent variety of antibiotic resistant staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, which can cause mild skin irritations and, in some cases, death.
Of course, this doesn't mean you should cancel your summer trip to the beach. John Cmar, M.D., a Sinai Hospital of Baltimore physician, recently spoke to Fox 45 news about the dangers of acquiring MRSA and tips for keeping the harmful germs at bay. Click here to see the video.
- Consumer Reports Releases Annual Hospital-acquired Infection Report; Some Ky. Hospitals Have Work To Do; State To Get Data
A new study from Consumer Reports has analyzed hospital-acquired infection data for thousands of hospitals across the U.S. and rated them on how well they prevented these infections. Not all hospitals in Kentucky were rated, but of the ones that were,...
- Initial Research Is Promising For An Ancient Combination Of Natural Ingredients To Kill Mrsa, An Antibiotic-resistant Superbug
Researchers in England say an ancient folk cure might help kill the superbug MRSA, Justin Moyer reports for The Washington Post. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is among the infections that have grown resistant to antibiotics...
- Activist Seeking Stronger Rules On Reporting Health-care Infections Says Industry Lobbyists Misled Legislative Committee To Kill Bill
"Health-care industry witnesses appeared to have presented incorrect information" to the House Health and Welfare Committee in speaking March 6 against House Bill 460, which would require all health-care facilities to report infections associated with...
- Kentucky Hospitals Disagree On How To Battle Mrsa, An Antibiotic-resistant And Highly Contagious Bacteria That Plagues Them
Hospitals agree that precautions must be taken to fight the potentially deadly super bug MRSA, but they differ in their approaches, Laura Ungar reports for The Courier-Journal. Swab kits are used to screen for MRSA. (Photo: Matt Stone, C-J)Ungar focuses...
- White Coats: Medical Professionalism Or Infectious Risk?
Anyone who's seen me striding about the hospital knows that one of my distinctive Cmar-isms is that I always roll up the sleeves of my white coat, as well as my shirt. Far from being a mere affectation, to me it serves two important purposes, both...