Metillicinresistent Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Open seminar Friday Dec. 7th from 10:00-13:00 at the 'Fellesauditorium' at Adamstua, Oslo.
10:00 - 10:05
Welcome and introduction
Roar Gudding, Managing director of the National Veterinary Institute
10:05 - 11:00
Methicillin resistant Staphylococci from animals ? experiences from Europe and the Netherlands
Prof. dr. Dik Mevius, Central Institute for Animal Disease Control – Lelystad, the Netherlands
11:00 - 11:30
The epidemiology of MRSA and strategies for surveillance in the human population in Norway
Trond Jacobsen, head of department Laboratory medicine, MRSA reference laboratory, St Olav Hospital, Trondheim
11:30 - 12:00
MRSA/MRSI in Swedish animals
Dr Ulrika Grönlund-Andersson, SVA, Sweden
12:00 - 12:10
MRSA/MRSI in Norwegian animals
Dr. Marianne Sunde, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo
12:10 - 12:30
Introduction and spread of MRSA/MRSI to Norwegian animal populations ? considerations of risk, prevention and control
Dr. Hannah Jørgensen, Norwegian School of Veterinary Sciences, Oslo
12:30 - 13:00 Open discussion
The discussion will be held in Norwegian.
