MIAMI - OCTOBER 17: Dr. Gio Baracco, director of the Infectious Disease section of the University of Miami at the Miami VA hospital, pulls his disposable gown on outside a patients room at the Miami VA hospital October 17, 2007 in Miami, Florida. The hospital has strict policies in place, such as wearing the scrubs, to ensure that the staff uses procedures in the fight against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to as MRSA. The staph bacterium is resistant to most common antibiotics and has been responsible for more than nearly 19,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.