NHS Scotland MRSA Screening Pathfinder Programme. Interim Report

The Scottish Government Health Directorate HAI Task Force is developing a strategy to further reduce MRSA infection in NHSScotland. This includes consideration of the value of MRSA screening.

HPS was asked to lead a pathfinder programme on MRSA screening, the aims of which were:

• To investigate​ the clinical effectiveness of MRSA screening as an intervention on outcomes (colonisation/infection/bacteraemia rates) in pathfinder boards
  
• To test the estimates of the NHS QIS HTA economic model assumptions in pathfinder boards
  
• To determine the acceptability of screening for MRSA in all acute in-patient admissions in pathfinder boards to patients and staff
  
• To evaluate the feasibility and potential for rollout of the MRSA screening programme in the pathfinder boards
  

This report presents the interim results.