Methods The study was conducted in SICU. ASCs were performed from 20 Sep 10 to 28 Feb 11 on all patients admitted/ transferred in/transferred out of SICU. ASC specimens consisted of swabs from anterior nares and axilla/groin. The swabs were inoculated onto chromogenic agar selective for MRSA (MRSASelect, Bio-Rad). MRSA positive patients were placed on contact precautions/isolation. Automatic ha...

The Chicago School of Hand Surgery played a pivotal role in the genesis of the specialty of hand surgery in the United States and abroad. Drs. Alan Kanavel, Sumner Koch, Michael Mason, and Harvey Allen were among the first "modern" surgeons to carefully and systematically assess the care and treatment of hand injuries and hand pathology. This article highlights the lives and contributions of th...

We investigated Staphylococcus aureus contamination of the hand rims and handles of wheelchairs for common use on hospital wards by wiping with gauze. Examination of the hand rims of a total of 20 wheelchairs revealed methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and/or methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) on 17 wheelchairs (85.0%), and MRSA on 11 (55.0%). The mean ± SD (range) density of MRSA conta...

The SARS-CoV-2 infection has become a global health crisis with an uprising trend of and death in the world. Considering contagious nature human to transmission disease, it is utmost important follow control measures ophthalmic practice. pink eye or conjunctivitis associated symptom reported along respiratory illness fever patients COVID-19. So triage policy, using noncontact procedures, unders...