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Feds Dole Out Dollars to Fight Hospital-Acquired MRSA
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 28, 2009
They include reducing Clostridium difficile infections, reducing the overuse of antibiotics by primary care clinicians who treat patients in ambulatory and long-term care settings, evaluating two ways to eliminate MRSA in intensive care units, and improving the measurement of the risk of infection after surgery.
The effort will target ways of reducing Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-producing organisms.
The money will also target a project to identify variations in regional and state rates of infections acquired in acute care settings.
Cheryl Clark is a senior editor and California correspondent for HealthLeaders Media Online. She can be reached at cclark@healthleadersmedia.com. Follow Cheryl Clark on Twitter.
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