Since 1995 we have been using a one hour interval instead of a twenty-four hour interval between three consecutive sets of screening swabs for MRSA. Each set consists of swabs from the nose, throat, perineum, wounds and skin lesions as well as urine and sputum. This policy is based On a study, which was mentioned in an erratum published in the Journalof Hospital Infection. 

Since 1995 we have been using a one hour interval instead of a twenty-four hour interval between three consecutive sets of screening swabs for MRSA. Each set consists of swabs from the nose, throat, perineum, wounds and skin lesions as well as urine and sputum. This policy is based On a study, which was mentioned in an erratum published in the Journalof Hospital Infection.