For hospitalized patients, does the use of contact precaution reduce future risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) contracted infection compared with maintaining hand hygiene?
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body. Researchers and medicals specialist confirm that one third of everybody has staph bacteria in their noses. The problem does exist when there is a cut and the bacteria manage to get into body thereby causing infection. It's tougher to treat the infection than most strains of Staphylococcus Aureus because of its resistance to some commonly used antibiotics. That said, the need to create the prevention measures remains significant to this disease and such I will exploit whether the use contact precautions can help reduce the risk of spread of that infectious disease.