What's Up - The Department Of Veterans Affairs announced it is expanding a program to stop staph infection. In all 153 VA hospitals, officials take extra steps to check incoming patients for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureaus, known as MRSA, the potentially deadly infection that has been in the headlines lately.VA is also taking extra precautions for already infected patients so they do not spread the bacterium.
What's Next - A pilot program reduced the spread of staph infections by 50%, which is why VA officials have great hope for an expanded program. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe there are about 94,00 MRSA cases a year in the U.S. presenting a risk for pneumonia, infections in wounds and the bloodstream, and even death because it is resistant to antibiotics and other treatments.
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