Link: BBC NEWS
The spread and development of the deadly hospital infection MRSA is to be studied by medical experts and researchers from Nottingham.
State of the art computer technology will be used to assess data from hundreds of NHS wards.
This is expected to establish a breeding pattern for the viruses and develop a best practice guide to stop them spreading.
Researchers have said better analysis will give more practical results.
‘Sophisticated methods’
The data analysed by the researchers includes the number of infected patients on a ward, the type of treatments and drugs they received and the methods used by hospital staff to avoid or control infections, including hygiene practices and quarantine rules.
The study, will be led by Dr Phil O’Neill, of the University of Nottingham’s School of Mathematical Sciences, and Dr Ben Cooper, from the Health Protection Agency in London.
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my neice has mrsa she bit my daughter on the arm it didnt get all the way through but left an imprint can she get it