Health
The government have said screening, is just one part of its anti-infection plans.
Mearsured will be taken and they will set out a range of other measures including the deep-cleaning of hospitals and recruitment of extra infection control nurses.
In the Swiss study, those found to be carrying MRSA in the screening group were exposed to a range of measures, including isolation and decontamination.
But in the end there was no significant difference between the numbers getting MRSA infections during their hospital stay.
Some 93 patients developed MRSA in the screening group - 1.11 per 1,000 patient days - compared to 76 - 0.91 per 1,000 patient days - in the control group.