Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. The World Health Organization recommends that all patients be screened for the Staph aureus bacteria before surgery. The United States doesn’t require screening for MRSA, and has not developed plans to manage the infection.

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From the Texas Trial Lawyers Association news release.