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California adds MRSA to public reporting requirements

OSHA Healthcare Connection, February 19, 2008

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By adding certain cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to public reporting requirements, California has increased the number of healthcare providers who must inform local health departments about severe staph infections.

The law mandates that healthcare providers report all cases of severe staph infections originating outside hospitals and nursing homes, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, February 15.

Severe staph infections are cases "in which there is an infection in a previously healthy person that results in death or admission to a hospital intensive care unit," according to the February 14 California Department of Health announcement.



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