Yes, MRSA has declined, but not because of improved treatments. Now that we can no longer kill these bugs after they invade the body, hospitals have significantly ramped up their efforts to kill them before they invade.
Hurray for these protocols, but that won't do all that we need. It won't be possible to scrub the whole world with poisons the way we have begun scrubbing hospital rooms. We need ways to stop infections that we can't prevent.
Hurray for these protocols, but that won't do all that we need. It won't be possible to scrub the whole world with poisons the way we have begun scrubbing hospital rooms. We need ways to stop infections that we can't prevent.