A plastic surgeon recently visited our VA long-term care nursing home (no IV services or respirators) to see, in consultation, a resident with a pressure ulcer on the leg that was colonized with ...

Antibiotic exposure and dirty hands were factors linked to nursing home contamination with the multidrug-resistant bacteria vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, or VRE, a new study finds. The report was ...

A review of the current literature supporting health professionals in managing a vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak found six areas to consider. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with ...

Two common types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria linger in nursing homes, putting vulnerable residents at risk of infection despite cleanings — and even during changes of occupancy, according to a ...

The general secretary of the NSW Nurses Association, Brett Holmes, said yesterday this was the feedback he was receiving. He said while he welcomed North Coast Area Health Service CEO Chris Crawford's ...

Researchers for the current study found that the prevalence of MRSA declined in each sequential study, dropping from 37.1 percent of participants being infected with MRSA in the first study to 13.4 ...

This self-assessment tests your knowledge after reading the following article: Crabtree M (2025) Managing an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Nursing Times [online]; 121: 9. Nursing Times ...