New MRSA guidelines – New evidence for dealing with an old problem

Meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus transmission among healthcare workers, patients and the environment in a large acute hospital under non-outbreak conditions investigated using whole-genome sequencing

“…Multi-centre studies are required to establish if the present findings are consistent across multiple hospitals, including more clinical isolates to link actual infections with acquisitions from other patients, HCWs and the environment. Surveillance and investigation of the dynamics of MSSA/MRSA colonization of HCWs and patients, and environmental contamination should inform ongoing review of IPC strategies and guidelines targeted at minimizing MRSA/MSSA TEs [7,24].…”

“…This study aimed to investigate the transmission dynamics of MSSA recovered in the same nine hospital wards during the same 2-year period as the MRSA study using WGS. Detailed information regarding TEs involving MSSA and MRSA can be used to identify emerging clones and transmission pathways, and to inform more effective IPC strategies [7].…”