Hospital-acquired MRSA has been an issue for a number of years but more recently community-acquired or CA-MRSA is becoming an emergent issue.
EMSL Analytical, Inc. now provides MRSA Analysis of Environmental Samples (swab). Please note, we are not able to accept clinical specimens for testing.
For more information on MRSA see the following links:
This culture-based MRSA testing is offered in our Cinnaminson, NJ and Denver, CO laboratories.
MRSA Sampling Guide 1 Week TAT Results - Call For Pricing
Test Code for MRSA Presence/Absence is M729
Test Code for MRSA Quantitative is M730
Sample retention time - 1 week