CLSI M55 R : 1ED 2010

Abstract
Committee Membership
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Introduction
3 Standard Precautions
4 Terminology
5 Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
  aureus
6 Laboratory Methods for Detecting Methicillin-Resistant
  Staphylococcus aureus in Samples
7 Molecular Detection Methods
8 Factors to Consider Before Implementation of a
  Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance
  Program in a Facility
9 Screening Companion animals for Methicillin-Resistant
  Staphylococcus aureus
References
Appendix - Methods
The Quality Management System Approach
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Specifies the characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates, methods of detecting MRSA in clinical samples, surveillance cultures, and other potential reservoirs of MRSA; epidemiologic issues surrounding the spread of MRSA isolates in health care and other settings; interventions to halt transmission of MRSA; and public health aspects of MRSA transmission.