Methicillin Resistance

Cost-savings achieved by vigorous eradication of epidemic MRSA from hospital

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 28th, 2004

Cost-savings were achieved by vigorous eradication of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a large hospital.

According to a study from Sweden, "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus continues to be an increasing problem worldwide, although its prevalence in the Nordic countries still is low. In 1997 an unusually readily transmissible strain of epidemic methicillin-resistant S. aureus, EMRSA-16, was introduced by a single patient into a 2,600 bed teaching hospital in Sweden."

"Despite the standard "search and destroy" policy (Standard MRSA Control Program), the outbreak took on epidemic proportions....

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2004-12-28)

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