Carbapenem Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) Information for Health Professionals:
CRPA Sentinel Surveillance Case Definition and Reporting

Starting July 1, 2016 Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) is reportable for residents of Hennepin and Ramsey Counties under Minnesota Rules 4605.7000 to 4605.7900.

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What to report (in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties)
How to report
Isolate submission and laboratory testing
Reporting rule change: proposal and notification letters

What to report (in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties)

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from any body site, that meets the following criteria:
  • Resistant to imipenem, meropenem, or doripenem based on current Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institutes Standards (CLSI) M100 standards; and/or
  • Demonstrates production of a carbapenemase by a recognized method (e.g. CarbaNP or PCR).
• Current CLSI minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) interpretive criteria for carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA):

References

• Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Twenty-Fourth Informational Supplement (January 2016). CLSI document M100-S24. Wayne, Pennsylvania, 2016.

How to report

• Yellow Disease Report Card
  CPRA may be reported using the MDH "Yellow Card."
  
  
• Phone
  Any reportable infectious disease may be reported by phone to 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414.

Isolate submission and laboratory testing

• CRPA Isolate Submission and Laboratory Testing
  Laboratory testing protocols for CRPA and isolate submission to MDH.

Reporting rule change: proposal and notification letters

• Commissioner's letter to Minnesota hospital and reference laboratories regarding sentinel surveillance for CRPA (PDF)
  10/17/2016
• Commissioner's letter to Minnesota infection preventionists regarding sentinel surveillance for CRPA (PDF)
  10/17/2016