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:
- received medical or dental treatment outside of Norway
- worked in a hospital or clinic outside of Norway
- worked in a children’s home or refugee camp outside of Norway
- worked in a hospital, nursing home or other institutions outside of Norway
- had close contact with MRSA postive people without protective equipment
- 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
- had tattoos or piercings outside of Norway