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Guidelines for the Control of Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus Aureus in New Zealand


Date of publication: August 2002

These Guidelines for the Control of Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (MRSA) in New Zealand were published on August 27 2002. These guidelines should be used by individual health and disability care facilities to develop their own MRSA policy.


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Related information

Communicable Diseases

Guidelines for the Control of Multidrug-resistant Organisms in New Zealand were published on December 2007 and can be used in conjuction with the MRSA Guidelines above.


Page last updated: 9 June 2009