Hospital MRSA Infection Rates Plunge 28 Percent

August 11, 2010
HealthLeaders Media

On August 11, HealthLeaders Media reported on the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) issuing a report that said hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have decreased “dramatically and significantly.”

From 2005 to 2008, the rate of MRSA decreased by 9.4 percent per year.

Additionally, the report found a 5.7 percent per year decline in the incidence of healthcare-associated or community-onset MRSA infections.

For the study, JAMA collected lab reports from nine diverse metro areas representing 15 million people. According to the authors, the findings complement those from several smaller studies of infection prevention interventions.

A subset analysis, limited to bloodstream infections, showed a 34 percent decrease in all hospital-onset cases and a 20 percent decrease in healthcare-associated or community onset cases. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/33bn477.