  Multi-resistant organisms (MROs), the bacteria that are resistant to a number
of different antibiotics, have been very popular around the world in recent
years. They are very difficult to treat but highly infectious in humans. MRSA
(Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is one of the MROs. It is
believed that in 2007 more people died of MRSA than of AIDS worldwide. In
Australia "there are about 2000 people per year who have a bloodstream
infection with the MRSA germ and the vast majority of those get them from
health care procedure" (Nader, 2005). It is acknowledged as a significant
challenge to Australian hospitals for MRSA infection control. Nursing
professionals are in urgent need of the study of MRSA nosocomial infection
controls. This review provides insight into the hand washing and isolation
infection-control strategies for MRSA. The important technologies on those two
aspects worldwide are well surveyed, compared, contrasted, and discussed. The
review is to do a complete survey on the hand washing and isolation
technologies of infection controls for MRSA and try to provide some possible
recommendations for Australian hospitals.
