APIC publishes updated guide to eliminating MRSA
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) recently published a second edition of its Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings in an effort to provide the most current evidence-based practice guidance to protect patients from health care-associated infections. Developed by leading experts in infection prevention and hospital epidemiology, the revised guide includes updates and enhancements to the original APIC guide published in 2007.
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