Prevalence of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in healthcare workers in a Western Australian acute care hospital.

Due to a longstanding comprehensive “search and destroy policy”, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not endemic in Western Australian (WA) acute care hospitals. As the prevalence of MRSA in the community has increased, healthcare workers (HCW) are at risk of importing MRSA into ho...

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Main Authors: Verwer, P., Robinson, J., Coombs, Geoffrey, Wijesuriya, T., Murray, R., Verbrugh, H., Riley, T., Nouwen, J., Christiansen, Keryn
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12516