Drug Resistant Organisms

SHEA Guidelines and Position Papers

Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for MRSA and VRE
ICHE January 2007

SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multi-drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus
ICHE May 2003

Guidelines for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals
ICHE April 1997

Antimicrobial resistance in long-term-care facilities
ICHE February 1996

Resources

Epidemiology News Archive

IDSA's Bad Bugs No Drugs - IDSA's campaign addressing the lack of new antibiotics to fight drug-resistant infections

IHI's 5 Million Lives Campaign - SHEA is acting as a Scientific Parnter on this initiative to protect patients from five million incidents of medical harm from December 2006 to December 2008

Modeling the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals and Communities: Concepts, Data and Predictions - Dr. Heinrich zu Dohna: 7/6/06 presentation to CIRAR (powerpoint)

Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006 - CDC

Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance - CDC

CDC MRSA Resources

MRSA Data and Statistics

MRSA in Healthcare Settings 

Fact Sheet for Healthcare Personnel 

Information for Healthcare Providers 

Clinical Management Strategies

MRSA Prevention Healthcare Guideline

Hand Hygiene Healthcare Guideline

MRSA in the Community 

Information for the Public

Educational Materials (Posters and Information Sheet)

MRSA in Schools 

Epidemiology and Management of MRSA in the Community (COCA slides)