Link: Student designs home screening kit for MRSA super bug.
An innovative idea from a Northumbria University student could stop the deadly MRSA superbug in its tracks.
Final year Design for Industry student Sarah Clark has invented a home screening kit to test for the bug before admission to hospital.
Sarah hit on the idea after discovering that one third of the British population carries the MRSA bug in their noses.
The device is a simple two-pronged plastic instrument that is simply inserted into the nose to allow a swab to be taken. The sample would then be sent to the hospital for analysis.
Sarah, 22 of Leatherhead, Surrey, said: "The Department of Health has already said that they don’t want to have to screen all patients because of the impact this would have on waiting lists. However a home screening kit would allow easy detection of MRSA carriers prior to hospital admission.’
