The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has honored a study that examined the survivability of a MRSA strain on razors, plastic toys, ceramic, soap, wood, vinyl, towels, bed sheets and shoulder pads, according to an article on the Healio website.
The researchers found that the transmissibility of MRSA decreased with time and more rapidly on porous surfaces, such as towels, compared with nonporous surfaces such as vinyl. In some cases, MRSA was transmissible for more than eight weeks after contamination, the article said.
Each year, the APIC gives the Award for Publication Excellence to an article published in the American Journal of Infection Control that is likely to improve the practice of infection control and prevention.
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