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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Safety First: Annual Physician Infection Prevention Review


Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms - (MDROs) are defined as microorganisms, predominantly bacteria, that are resistant to one or more classes of antimicrobial agents. Although the names of certain MDROs describe resistance to only one agent (e.g., MRSA, VRE), these pathogens are frequently resistant to most available antimicrobial agents.