> Hospitals are supposed to prevent this from happening, but it is hard. Physician here. Hospitals do work to prevent the spread, and it is hard—so much so tha

> Hospitals are supposed to prevent this from happening, but it is hard. Physician here. Hospitals do work to prevent the spread, and it is hard—so much so that it's nearly inevitable. MRSA is a naturally occurring part of the respiratory tract and skin. How do you stop that? Also important to note that those who do acquire and die from MRSA infections tend to be relatively ill to begin with. Usually those patients are admitted to the hospital for some other serious issue and then develop a MRSA infection either from their own body or the hospital. While you can mitigate the latter, you can't do anything about the former.