TY - JOUR T1 - Controlling an outbreak of MRSA in the neonatal unit: a steep learning curve JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F307 LP - F310 DO - 10.1136/adc.2008.151290 VL - 94 IS - 4 AU - I A Laing AU - A P Gibb AU - A McCallum Y1 - 2009/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/94/4/F307.abstract N2 - Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can cause serious infections in the newborn. While audit may show that a neonatal unit’s main cause of infective morbidity is the coagulase negative staphylococcus, health authorities and politicians fear the implications of MRSA and its impact on the general public. MRSA causes mortality and morbidity in other areas of hospitals in the UK and in many other countries and there is an uneasy acceptance that this is now the established norm. However, MRSA in the neonatal unit carries sensitivities which have a huge impact on the reactions of health authorities, politicians and the press. ER -