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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/101656| Title: | The secret of our success : MRSA control |
| Authors: | Borg, Michael Angelo |
| Keywords: | Staphylococcus aureus infections -- Prevention -- Malta Staphylococcus aureus infections -- Epidemiology Hospital patients -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Malta -- Case studies Medical screening -- Malta -- Case studies Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | Borg, M. A. (2015). The secret of our success: MRSA control. Journal of Patient Safety & Infection Control, 2(3), 33. |
| Abstract: | MRSA bacteraemia remains a major challenge to hospitals. It carries significant patient safety implications as a result of morbidity and mortality where financial costs to healthcare institutions around the world exceed billions of dollars every year due to additional length of stay and treatment expenses. For many years, Mater Dei Hospital in Malta had one of the highest incidence rates of MRSA bacteraemia in Europe. [Excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/101656 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPat |
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