Prevent ’superbug’ infections spreading

Recently, the spread of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA – an antibiotic-resistant infection that can sometimes be fatal – has made headlines.

MRSA is a major cause of hospital-acquired infections that are becoming increasingly difficult to combat due to emerging resistance to all current antibiotic classes. In fact, strains of MRSA have been identified that appear to be well-adapted to the hospital environment and  is now becoming noticeable in the community worldwide, sometimes causing fatal infections in otherwise healthy individuals.

It is transmitted person-to-person usually via the hands, but can also be spread through inadequate medical procedures and sanitisation in hospitals where it can be  transmitted by having direct contact with another person’s infection or touching contaminated surfaces or items.

Experts stress that more stringent sanitisation procedures using effective products such as electrolysed water, could deter/prevent the spread of MRSA, and that hospitals in particular would benefit.

Many hospitals and aged care centres already rely on electrolysed water as it sanitises every surface imaginable, successfully eliminating pathogens of all kinds from surgical and healthcare equipment as well as eradicating bacteria, viruses and mould.

For further information about research on electrolysed water’ sanitising effects: “Effectiveness of Electrolyzed Water as a Sanitizer for Treating Different Surfaces”, Journal of Food Protection:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iafp/jfp/2002/00000065/00000008/art00011

For further information about how to best prevent spread of disease: “Prevention of MRSA spread in the neurosurgical field”: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8851953