Information for Health Departments

CDC works with partners in healthcare and state health departments to promote prevention of MRSA in healthcare settings and provides technical expertise and support to states for outbreak response and for conducting prevention initiatives to reduce MRSA.

Tracking

• MRSA Surveillance through the National Healthcare Safety Network
• MRSA Surveillance through the Emerging Infections Program
• A summary of MRSA statistics can be found here and commentary is available at CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, MRSA thread.

Prevention

• MRSA Baseline Prevention Practices Assessment Tool For States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives [PDF – 229 KB]
• View health department-based projects to prevent MRSA and other healthcare-associated infections
• MRSA prevention slide set/toolkit
• To view specific guidelines for MRSA, visit the clinician prevention page.

Outbreaks

• CDC outbreak toolkit