Strategy against MRSA

The basis of all efforts for the fight against MRSA comprises

1. Rational antibiotic therapy in order to reduce the selective pressure
2. Prevention
   – Real implementation of the hygiene measures according to guidelines
   – Isolation of potential MRSA carriers.
3. Surveillance
   – Early laboratory-diagnostic identification of carriers, in order to avoid nosocomial transmission as soon as possible,
   – Molecular classification of the MRSA isolates in order to recognize transmission chains and to gain an overview of the dynamics of the spread and persistence in the patient,
4. Therapy and decontamination of the infected and/or colonized persons during and after hospitalisation
5. Education of the population as well as further training of personnel in the health care service.