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MRSA contaminated venepuncture tourniquets in clinical practice
Guidance from the national association of phlebotomists, and Epic2, recommends that the tourniquet should be decontaminated between each patient.26 More than 20 years ago non-disposable tourniquets were shown to be carriers of MRSA27 and subsequent studies have confirmed this.28-30 Our study aims to sample non-disposable tourniquets in two district general hospitals for MRSA and audit ...