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Universal MRSA Screening for Hospital Patients Unethical, Says UK Expert
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Title Universal MRSA Screening for Hospital Patients Unethical, Says UK Expert
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/710434?src=rss
Description The UK requires that all hospital patients be screened for MRSA, but such a universal mandate is unjustified and unethical, an editorialist writes in the BMJ. Some US infectious disease experts agree. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Emergency Medicine
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Date Oct 17, 2009
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