
%0 Journal Article
%A Goldberg, Eve 
%T An MRSA screening policy
for a small New South Wales hospital
%J Healthcare Infection
%D 1999/03/01
%V 4
%N 1
%P 13-14
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/HI99113
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HI99113 
%X Most nosocomial infections are caused by opportunistic bacteria, which are part of the normal microbiota of the human body. Particularly troublesome to the compromised host are the antibiotic-resistant strains of Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in particular has been the subject of many policies and protocols devised to control its spread in hospitals and nursing homes. "High morbidity and mortality [are] associated with hospital acquired MRSA in the compromised host. The major route of spread within institutions is thought to be via the hands of staff, usually associated with inadequate handwashing." 
