The good news is that healthcare facilities are much healthier today than they were twenty years ago. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci aureus (Sarm) was a source of concern for both healthcare workers and patients. Responsible for local infections, food poisoning or septicemia, the Sarms were the subject of a real elimination program in 1993 set up by the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris.
The results are particularly pleasing today: the presence of Sarms in hospitals has been reduced by more than a third, thanks to several precautionary measures. The promotion of hand hygiene, which involves washing but also the use of hydro-alcoholic solutions, has played a major role in the progressive elimination of staphylococci aureus.
