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Received: 2 March 2018

Accepted: 21 September 2018

First Online: 27 September 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Written informed consent was not obtained from staff members and approval by the Trust ethics committee was not considered necessary since this was an outbreak investigation and not a research study involving human participants. A letter was sent to all involved healthcare staff and asked to be screened for MRSA carriage. The letter gave assurance that the screen would be done with the utmost regard for confidentiality and aims to maintain the safety of patients and staff. The Occupation Health team carried out the screening and decolonisation treatment in accordance with appropriate NHS Trust protocols and consultant microbiologist advice.

: Not applicable.

: Both authors are employees of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Norfolk, UK) based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn (Norfolk, UK). Both authors are appointed in an honorary capacity as a consultant Microbiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust.

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