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Nationwide MRSA Prevalence Study to Demonstrate Full Scope of,'Superbug' Threat Facing U.S. Healthcare Facilities and Patients

Broadest, Most Comprehensive Survey Provides New Benchmark on MRSA in Healthcare Facilities

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by APIC:

    WHAT:


    -- First nationwide study of the prevalence of Methicillin-resistant

       Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a virulent multi-drug resistant organism,

       in U.S. healthcare facilities.


    -- MRSA prevalence study findings significantly exceed previous estimates

       and will for the first time provide a picture of the threat MRSA poses

       to patients in facilities caring for virtually every type of patient,

       including acute care, cancer, cardiac, pediatric, rehabilitation and

       long-term care.


    -- The study, funded by the Association for Professionals in Infection

       Control and Epidemiology (APIC), collected data from more than 1,200

       healthcare facilities in all 50 states to determine the current

       magnitude of MRSA.


    -- Results and implications from the study on MRSA will be discussed at

       APIC's 34th Annual Conference & International Meeting.


    WHEN/WHERE:


      12:00 p.m. Eastern, 9:00 a.m. Pacific, Tuesday, June 26, 2007

      San Jose, CA     Marriott, Guadalupe Room

      301 South Market Street (Directions,

      http://www.apic.org/scriptcontent/custom/sites/ac2007/index.cfm)

                  or

      Media call-in connection: 800-308-9694, enter 400179

      For study results, please go to: http://www.apic.org/MRSAStudy (link

      will be live at 12:01 am, 6/25/07)


    WHY:


    -- In 1972, MRSA accounted for only two percent of all Staphylococcus

       aureus healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) reported to the Centers

       for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Today, MRSA accounts for more

    
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