R9-6-363. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

A. Case control measures: 1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution transferring a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case with active infection to another health care provider or health care institution or to a correctional facility shall, either personally or through a representative, ensure that the receiving health care provider, health care institution, or correctional facility is informed that the patient is a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case. 2. If a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case with active infection is being transferred from a correctional facility to another correctional facility or to a health care institution, an administrator of the correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall ensure that the receiving correctional facility or health care institution is informed that the individual is a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case. B. Outbreak control measures: 1. A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall: a. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care institution or correctional facility; and b. For each outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care institution or correctional facility, submit to the Department the information required under R9-6-206(E). 2. When an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurs in a health care institution or correctional facility, the administrator of the health care institution or correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall comply with the control measures recommended by a local health agency or the Department.