War of the Wards Battling the Superbugs /

Around the world, hospitals have become known for something other than healing-in fact, quite the opposite. This program follows the challenges faced by various hospitals, many of them state-of-the-art facilities, that have become hosts to nearly invincible germs. Focusing on the bacteria known as M...

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Online Access: Streaming video (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group, Telepool GmbH
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, 2010
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Table of Contents:
  • War Declared on Hospital Germs (2:16)
  • MRSA Resists Antibiotics (2:33)
  • Risk of Hospital Infections (7:25)
  • MRSA Victim (4:43)
  • Antibiotics and Bacteria (2:26)
  • Penicillin (1:33)
  • Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) (3:06)
  • Death by MRSA (4:17)
  • MRSA Reduction in The Netherlands (4:55)
  • Clean Hands Campaign (2:22)
  • Ambulance Services and MRSA (3:59)
  • Science vs. Pathogens: Search for a Vaccine (3:17)