This report highlights the importance of identification of potential environmental reservoirs, such as sinks, for control of outbreaks of environmentally hardy multiresistant organisms.

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Introduction:National Laboratory Based Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in urinary isolates conducted by the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists was started in 2011 in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka.

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Introduction and Objectives: Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are relatively low in virulence but some are increasingly recognized as agents of clinically important infections. Glycopeptides are the drugs of choice for treatment of methicillin-resistant CoNS infections. Our aim was to analyse the susceptibility profile of CoNS in our healthcare network from 2010-2012.