MRSA Screening

MRSA screening

Please note that your doctor/dentist might require for you to be screened for MRSA before your medical/dental treatment if in the last 12 months, you have:

  1. received medical or dental treatment outside of Norway
  2. worked in a hospital or clinic outside of Norway
  3. worked in a children’s home or refugee camp outside of Norway
  4. worked in a hospital, nursing home or other institutions outside of Norway
  5. had close contact with MRSA postive people without protective equipment
  6. been out of Norway for longer than 6 weeks AND have had skin or other wound infections, chronic skin diseases or intrusive medical equipment (catheter) through the skin/mucous linings
  7. had tattoos or piercings outside of Norway