A call to arms.
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The Netherlands and other northern European countries have been enduring leaders in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control across hospital and community environments. When I spoke to a Dutch colleague about their secret, I heard that some twenty-five years ago, when MRSA was starting to be seen in Europe, the microbiologists from across the country got together and in a resolute Dutch manner decided that MRSA would not be allowed to march through their country. They went back to first principles of ‘search and destroy’ (inspired by John Spicer’s seminal paper) 1 and evolved a unified Dutch policy to control MRSA in hospitals. All members of this group committed themselves and their facilities to full implementation of the approach. On several occasions, certain facilities and individuals appeared to be losing control and/or faith in the strategy and the professional group was effective at re-focusing efforts to ensure that these outbreaks were controlled. Effective control has continued in the face of the emergence of community and animal-associated MRSA strains and the constant influx of MRSA-colonised staff and patients from other countries. The approach to MRSA, supported by almost all Dutch infection control professionals has enabled development and implementation of uniform standards across many other fields of infection control 2.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New York state dental journal
دوره 65 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999