Skilled Nursing News March 25, 2025
An alarming number of residents in nursing homes for veterans are susceptible to acquiring a superbug after admission, with over one-third already carrying these drug-resistant pathogens into the facilities and spreading them through routine activities, according to a new study. The findings have important implications for nursing homes in general.
The study conducted by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) on superbugs – also known as multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) – suggests that efforts to improve infection prevention and control of MDROs in nursing homes need to focus on shared spaces and resident movement, not just individual rooms.
Among those residents who did not have a MDRO infection when they arrived, about 41%, acquired a new MDRO while in the nursing...
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