By IDSE News Staff
Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can still spread among babies in the neonatal ICU (NICU), according to new research led by a Drexel University researcher.
During an average nine-day NICU stay, an infant is likely to have about 250 contacts with health care workers who could transmit MRSA.
Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, an assistant research professor at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, in