ADVIN.ORG - Association for the Défense of Victims of Nosocomial Infections

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important human pathogens and methicillin-resistant variants (MRSAs) are a major cause of hospital and community-acquired infection.
A recent study financed by the European Union, published by PLOS (Public Library of Sciences), demonstrates that the prevention and control of MRSA infections is not only efficient at hospital level but would become even more efficient if it was done within a network of hospitals in the same country and ideally between countries.

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Sharing a hospital room increases dramatically the risk of being contaminated by an infection, according to a study by Dr. Dick Zoutman's team at Queen University, Ontario, Canada.  The costs for treating these infection are so high for hospitals, that It would be far less expensive to build more private rooms. ADVIN asks: the next time that you will be hospitalized, are you going to be informed that your risk to be contaminated by a hospital infection is 30% higher if you share your room?

Health care staff uniforms, particularly for the staff delivering  direct care to the patient, play an important role in the fight against hospital-acquired infections. In Quebec hospitals, it is  unfortunate to note that basic hygiene rules concerning uniforms are still not respected with all the required attention: doctors or nurses may be observed walking in the corridors still wearing their surgery ward uniforms, and it has been widely reported that the same staff wear their uniforms in and out of hospitals. A Quebeccompany, Protec-Style, may bring a solution to this problem by producing antibacterial uniforms.

The European Council has issued a report The Council Conclusions on innovative incentives for effective antibiotics underlying the urgency to adopt new and inovative measures in favor of efficient antibiotics. Control and prevention of hospital-acquired infecions are closely associated to efficient antibiotherapy. «Prevention and control of antibiotic resistance and healthcare associated infections is a cost-effective strategy which contributes to the overall financial sustainability of healthcare systems and ensures continuous quality and patient safety improvements.»