MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE’s BARRIER range of single-use drapes, gowns and other wearing apparel will help reduce the risk of postoperative wound infections for patients and provide protection in surgery for staff.
The emergence of new strains of community-acquired Meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is worrying, Mölnlycke Health Care stresses.
The Health Protection Agency’s investigation into the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-positive (PVL) strain and the subsequent deaths in the community and hospital settings, have received plenty of attention from the national press.
Staphylococcus aureus is a common organism implicated in surgical site infections –one of the reported deaths was that of a patient undergoing a Caesarean section while the death two years ago of a young and fit Royal Marine was as a result of cuts on his legs becoming infected with the PVL strain of MRSA. MRSA is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics (e.g. flucloxacillin), cephalosporins and many other antibiotic types.
