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The latest issue of Home Healthcare Nurse magazine contains are article focussing on the management of the threat of MRSA in home care.
The authors suggest that the home healthcare nurse can be proactive with MRSA infections by following and teaching strict medical asepsis while assessing the slightest signs and symptoms indicating that a patient is deteriorating or not responding to the prescribed antibiotic or wound care.
The article aims to increase awareness ofcommunity-acquired MRSA, to offer suggestions for its prevention, and to describe methods for managing this infectious process in the home.
Managing the threat of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care.
Grossman S and Mager DD Home Healthcare Nurse
June 2008
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