CA-MRSA Information for Health Professionals

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Required disease reporting
Fact sheet
Definition
Resources

Required disease reporting

• Reporting Staphylococcus aureus Infection
  Minnesota Rules Governing Communicable Diseases require health care providers to report deaths or serious disease due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Fact sheet

• Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers
  Fact sheet for health professionals on CA-MRSA.

Definition of CA-MRSA

• CA-MRSA infections are defined as an MRSA infection in an individual who has had:
  • MRSA identified within 48 hours of admission to a hospital
  • No history of hospitalization, surgery, dialysis, or residence in a long-term care facility within 1 year of the MRSA culture date
  • No permanent indwelling catheter or percutaneous medical device (e.g., tracheostomy tube, gastrostomy tube, or Foley catheter)
  • No known prior positive culture for MRSA.

CA-MRSA Resources

• CDC and Prevention Experts’ Meeting on Minimizing the Impact of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Community
  The goals of the meeting were to (1) review current knowledge regarding transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community, (2) discuss strategies for management on the individual patient and community level, and (3) identify areas where additional research is needed. A detailed summary of strategies for the clinical management of MRSA in the community, based on discussions held at this meeting, in conjunction with additional data available as of January 2006.
  
  
• Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  CDC website about MRSA.
  
  
• Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)
  Seattle & King County Public Health website about MRSA including CA-MRSA.

see also>> Information on MRSA for Health Professionals