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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control in Hospitals: The Dutch Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C.M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
C.M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
PO Box 7057, 1007MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The Netherlands is one of the few countries where methi-cillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) still is uncommon. In 1988, the Werkgroep Infectie Preventie (Working Party on Infection Prevention) issued guidelines on the control of MRSA that could be applied nationwide. The mainstay of the guideline is that all patients who carry MRSA are strictly isolated in single rooms. In 1989, a surveillance study was started by the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment. This study showed that approximately 200 new cases of MRSA colonization or infection occur each year. Small outbreaks of MRSA occur occasionally in The Netherlands, but the surveillance data confirm the success of the Dutch policy.

Type
From the Fourth International Conference on the Prevention of Infection
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 512 - 513
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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