Staphylococcus aureus Infection, Drug Resistant
Reporting Guidelines |
Protocol |
Current Case Definition |
Required Forms
General Information |
Surveillance Data |
Other Links
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Reporting Guidelines:
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Invasive community-associated MRSA: reportable to the local health department within one week.
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Vancomycin-resistant or intermediate Staphylococcus aureus: reportable to the local health department within 24 hours
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Outbreaks: reportable to the local health department immediately
Protocol:
Current Case Definition:
Required Forms:
- Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Form, (PDF, 36kb)
- MRSA Infection Line Listing, (PDF, 14kb) or (RTF, 81kb)
General Information:
- NIOSH Guidance on MRSA in the Workplace
- MRSA Poster for Parents and Schools - November 2007
- Public Information (PDF, 50kb)
- MRSA for Schools and Parents
- Information for Correctional Residents (PDF, 34kb)
- Measures for Preventing Staphylococcal Skin Infections Among Sports Participants (PDF, 86kb)
- Ways to Prevent Skin Infections: A Player's Guide (PDF, 86kb)
For Health Departments:
Surveillance Data:
Other Links:
- CAMC Webcast for Physicians
- CDC Information on Health Care Associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- CDC Information on Community-Associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)
- MRSA Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
- Management of Multidrug-Resistant organisms in Healthcare settings, 2006
- Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Dialysis Patients --- United States, 2005
- Federal Bureau of Prisons: Management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections (PDF, 613kb)
- CDC Information: Staphylococcus aureus
- National Athletic Trainers' Association Statement on Community Acquired MSRA
- EPA's Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against MRSA and VRE
- Strategies for General Management of MRSA in the Community: Summary of an Experts' Meeting Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This page was last updated 1/25/2008.