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Screening for Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation: a strategy for NHS trusts - a summary of best practice

  • Document type:
    Health service guideline
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    15 November 2006
  • Primary audience:
    Allied health professionals
  • Product number:
    277346
  • Gateway reference:
    7341
  • Pages:
    6
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This strategy presents recommendations which, if implemented, will reduce the risk of infection from MRSA through screening patients identified as 'at risk' from MRSA colonisation. All trusts should review their screening and decolonisation policies and implement a decolonisation regimen to reduce the risk of infection for these individuals and the spread of MRSA to other vulnerable patients

Updated 28 November 2006

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