Specialists hail new MRSA technology

Updated: 22:55, Monday, 2 January 2006

Medical specialists at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital have described as 'revolutionary' a new screening technology for the hospital superbug, MRSA.

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Nine News: Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, reports that specialists at Beaumont Hospital are carrying out pilot testing of a method of screening that may identify the superbug in just two hours
Nine News: Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, reports that specialists at Beaumont Hospital are carrying out pilot testing of a method of screening that may identify the superbug in just two hours
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Six One News: Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, reports that the Dublin hospital is currently testing a screening method that could detect the superbug in two hours
Six One News: Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, reports that the Dublin hospital is currently testing a screening method that could detect the superbug in two hours

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Medical specialists at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital have described as 'revolutionary' a new screening technology for the hospital superbug, MRSA.

The programme, which is being tested at the hospital, allows screening for the infection within two hours, compared with the existing wait of three days.

Recent studies show that MRSA is widespread in hospitals here.

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