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Evaluation of Rapid Culture Screening Assay for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) for Detection of Environmental MRSA Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

O. Sherlock ,
N. O'Connell ,
E. Creamer ,
S. O'Hara  and
H. Humphreys
O. Sherlock*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Education and Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
N. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Education and Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
E. Creamer
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Education and Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
S. O'Hara
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Education and Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
H. Humphreys
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Education and Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, PO Box 9063, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland (orlasherlock@rcsi.ie)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 6 , June 2009 , pp. 604 - 606
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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