Hydrogen peroxide vapour decontamination in the control of a polyclonal meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak on a surgical ward.

The paper describes a study showing that several interventions, including patient and staff decolonisation combined with environmental decontamination, were associated with termination of an outbreak of MRESA on a surgical ward.. It is therefore difficult to discern which intervention(s) were most effective but it would appear that the reduction in MRSA environmental load removed a substantial reservoir of MRSA that may otherwise have resulted in a continuation of the outbreak. ournal of Hospital Infection. 2008;1-3.