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CONSULTATION: Guidelines for the Control and Prevention of Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Hospitals
Produced by a joint working party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Hospital Infection Society and Infection Control Nurses Association, these draft guidelines are being issued for open consultation for a period of four weeks commencing Monday 4th July 2005.
Following the consultation period the report will be amended and submitted for publication in the Journal of Hospital Infection. Copies of the report will be freely available from the time of publication. The working party does not intend publishing the responses received, but copies will be made available for inspection.
How to respond:
By email: Tracey Guest (see BSAC web site)
By post: Tracey Guest, BSAC, 11 The Wharf, 16 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JS
Deadline: Monday 1 August 2005 RESPONSES RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
To download the draft follow the link to the BSAC web site
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