Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From a Health Center Ward and Associated Nursing Home

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DURING the past 2 decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become an increasingly common microorganism in hospitals worldwide.1-4 However, in Finland, MRSA has remained uncommon, with only 0% to 0.5% of blood isolates of S aureus annually resistant to methicillin.5,6 Although several hospital outbreaks of MRSA occurred in Finland during the 1990s, the spread was effectively controlled on most occasions.6 After containment of an MRSA epidemic at the Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, in 1991-1992 with great effort and financial cost, rapid and vigorous infection control approaches have been taken whenever MRSA has been encountered in any hospital in southwestern Finland.

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