Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
AGENCIES
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) / Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) / Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
EU/EEA COUNTRIES
Belgium
- Recommendations for the prevention, control and management of patients carrying multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare settings (MDRO). Provisionary version-intermediate opinion (High Council for Health, 2017)
French:Recommandations en matière de prévention, maîtrise et prise en charge des patients porteurs de bactéries multi-résistantes aux antibiotiques (MDRO) dans les institutions de soins. Version provisoire – Avis intermédiaire (Conseil Supérieur de la Santé, 2017)
Finland
- National guidelines on controlling multidrug-resistant bacteria (National Institute for Health and Welfare 2014) (Institute for Health and Wellbeing, 2014)
Swedish: Anvisning för förebyggande av smittspridning av multiresistenta mikroorganismer : Svensk översättning av originalversion publicerad år 2014 (Institutet för Hälsa och välbefinnandet)
Finnish: Ohje moniresistenttien mikrobien Tartunnantorjunnasta (Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, 2014)
(This document includes guidance for infection prevention and control of MRSA)
France
- Prevention of cross-transmission of emerging highly resistant bacteria (High Council for Public Health, 2013).
Prévention de la transmission croisée des 'Bactéries Hautement Résistantes aux antibiotiques émergentes' (BHRe) (Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique, 2013)
(This document includes guidance targeting MRSA)
Germany
- Recommendations on prevention and control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in medical and other care facilities (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2014)
Empfehlungen zur Prävention und Kontrolle von Methicillinresistenten Staphylococcus aureus-Stämmen (MRSA) in medizinischen und pflegerischen Einrichtungen (Empfehlung der Kommission für Kranken-haushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut, 2014)
Hungary
- Guidance on the prevention of infections caused by multi-resistant pathogens, (National Centre for Epidemiology, 2016)
Módszertani levél a multirezisztens kórokozók által okozott fertőzések megelőzéséről, (Országos epidemiológiai központ, módszertani levél, 2016)
Ireland
- Prevention and Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). National Clinical Guideline No. 2 (Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 2013)
and
Summary: Prevention and control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). National Clinical Guideline No. 2 (Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 2013)
Netherlands
- Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Working Group on Infection Prevention, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 2017)
Meticilline-resistente Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [AM1] (Werkgroep Infectie Preventie, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, 2017)
Portugal
- Prevention and Control of colonisation and infection of Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and inpatient care units (General Health Directorate, 2015)
Prevenção e Controlo de Colonização e Infeção por Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina (MRSA) nos hospitais e unidades de internamento de cuidados continuados integrados ( Direção-Geral da Saúde, 2015
Slovakia
- Guidance for the diagnosis, prevention and control of infections by bacteria with clinically and epidemiologically important resistance mechanisms. (Slovakian Republic Ministry of Health, 2014)
OU MZ SR pre diagnostiku a protiepidemické opatrenia pri výskyte bakteriálnych pôvodcov infekčných ochorení s klinicky a epidemiologicky významnými mechanizmami rezistencie (Ministerstva zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky, 2014)
(This document includes guidance for infection prevention and control of MRSA)
Spain
- Surveillance and control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spanish hospitals. Consensus document (Spanish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, 2007)
Vigilancia y control de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina en hospitales españoles. Documento de consenso GEIH-SEIMC y SEMPSPH (Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica,2007)
COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA
United Kingdom
Page last updated
1 Mar 2018