Link: MedicalPost.com
The Netherlands is a virtually MRSA-free oasis when compared with surrounding countries—largely because Dutch health authorities have instituted stringent measures to keep the rate low, said Dr. Jan Nouwen of the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam.
One feature of this "search and destroy" approach is to ban health-care workers from hospitals while they are MRSA carriers, he said.
They are also offered eradication therapy that includes a topical antibiotic such as mupirocin, in combination with systemic antibiotics and hygienic measures. All their household contacts, including pets, are screened for MRSA carriage and treated if positive.
