Thanks. After doing a lot of reading, though, I've decided to stay out of the disinfectant area since everything I've read indicate basic housekeeping procedures with standard disinfectants is all that's required to eliminate MRSA. Apparently it's just as easy to kill MRSA as it is regular staph until it enters the body.
249 page CDC document...
cdc.gov
Careful cleaning of patient rooms and medical equipment contributes substantially to the overall control
of MRSA, VISA, or VRE transmission. The major focus of a control program for either VRE or MRSA
should be the prevention of hand transfer of these organisms. Routine cleaning and disinfection of the
housekeeping surfaces (e.g., floors and walls) and patient-care surfaces (e.g., bedrails) should be
adequate for inactivation of these organisms. Both MRSA and VRE are susceptible to several EPAregistered
low- and intermediate-level disinfectants (e.g., alcohols, sodium hypochlorite, quaternary
ammonium compounds, phenolics, and iodophors) at recommended use dilutions for environmental
surface disinfection.1103, 1106–1109 Additionally, both VRE and vancomycin-sensitive enterococci are
equally sensitive to inactivation by chemical germicides,1106, 1107, 1109 and similar observations have been
made when comparing the germicidal resistance of MRSA to that of either methicillin-sensitive S.
aureus (MSSA) or VISA.1110 The use of stronger solutions of disinfectants for inactivation of either
VRE, MRSA, or VISA is not recommended based on the organisms’ resistance to antibiotics. |
