RICHMOND, Va. – Three Virginia Commonwealth University epidemiologists are downplaying the value of mandatory universal nasal screening of patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), arguing that proven, hospital-wide infection control practices can prevent more of the potentially fatal infections.
In a report published in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the team, composed of internationally acclaimed epidemiologists Richard P. Wenzel, MD, Gonzalo Bearman, MD, and Michael B. Edmond, MD, of the VCU School of Medicine, said "hospitals get more bang for their buck with evidence-based infection control prevention."
