By Sandra Cooley, RN, CIC
In spring of 2007, the Ithaca Journal ran an Associated Press article entitled “Dangerous staph germ far more common than thought.” The article summarized the results of a nationwide study conducted by the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) on the prevalence of hospital- and health-care-acquired MRSA (methcillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) infections.