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MRSA: Understand your risk and how to prevent infection - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — or MRSA —
  • highly drug-resistant bacterium
  • MRSA is a type of bacterium that can resist the effects of many common antibiotics.
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  • MRSA first surfaced in hospitals
  • decades
    • kgroves873
       
      Its been a problem for decades
  • MRSA that occur in nonhospital settings.
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      is now becoming more common
  • An MRSA skin infection looks like a boil, pimple or spider bite that may be: Red Swollen Painful Pus-filled and oozing
  • Back of the neck Groin Buttock Armpit Beard area on men
    • kgroves873
       
      where its commonly found
  • Skin-to-skin contact
    • kgroves873
       
      how its spread
  • Touching contaminated objects.
    • kgroves873
       
      ditto
  • ability makes MRSA infections much more difficult to cure.
  • infections typically affect the skin of otherwise healthy individuals
  • it often caused serious bloodstream infections in people who were sick with other diseases and conditions
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    Great for over all understanding of disease
bwilliams181

How to Prevent MRSA Infection | Precautions & Skin Care Tips - 0 views

  • Screening programs Patient screening upon hospital admission, with nasal cultures, prevents the cohabitation of MRSA carriers with non-carriers, and exposure to infected surfaces.
  • Alcohol has been proven to be an effective surface sanitizer against MRSA. Quaternary ammonium can be used in conjunction with alcohol to extend the longevity of the sanitizing action.
  • The prevention of nosocomial infections involves routine and terminal cleaning. Non-flammable Alcohol Vapor in Carbon Dioxide systems (NAV-CO2) do not corrode metals or plastics used in medical environments and do not contribute to antibacterial resistance.
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  • MRSA can survive on surfaces and fabrics, including privacy curtains or garments worn by care providers.
  • Complete surface sanitation is necessary to eliminate MRSA in areas where patients are recovering from invasive procedures.
  • MRSA upon admission, isolating MRSA-positive patients, decolonization of MRSA-positive patients, and terminal cleaning of patients' rooms and all other clinical areas they occupy is the current best practice protocol for nosocomial MRSA.
  • After the drainage of boils or other treatment for MRSA, patients can shower at home using chlorhexidine (Hibiclens) or hexachlorophene (Phisohex) antiseptic soap from head to toe, and apply mupirocin (Bactroban) 2% ointment inside each nostril twice daily for 7 days, using a cotton-tipped swab. Doctors may also prescribe strong antibotics such as Clindamycin, Levofloxacin (Levaquin), and possibly Flagyl for the side effects of the Clindamycin. Household members are recommended to follow the same decolonization protocol.
  • To prevent the spread of Staph Infection or MRSA Infection in the workplace, employers should ensure the availability of adequate facilities and supplies that encourage workers to practice good hygiene; that surface sanitizing in the workplace is followed; and that contaminated equipment are sanitized with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered disinfectants.
bwilliams181

HowStuffWorks "MRSA Prevention" - 1 views

  • All of the antibacterial soaps and lotions that were supposed to protect all of us from germs and bugs have actually helped MRSA become such powerful bacteria.
  • In the gym: Keeping those personal items that touch your skin all to yourself is a good place to start. Don't let other people borrow your razor, soap, or even towel. If you go to the gym, don't wear the same clothes twice without washing them (use bleach in the load). It also doesn't hurt to take a shower
  • Cuts and scrapes: You can also prevent MRSA infections by cleaning cuts and scrapes with alcohol and properly bandaging them. Be sure to ask your doctor what kind of ointment to use -- antibacterial ointments may only make the MRSA problem worse.
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  • Clean hands: Simply washing your hands helps, too. Throughout the day we touch all manner of things other people have touched: ATMs, doorknobs, flush handles on toilets. It's a good idea to wash your hands as often as possible. The Mayo Clinic also recommends you sanitize your hands with a liquid or gel sanitizer that's at least 62 percent alcohol. This comes in handy whenever there's not a restroom nearby.
  • It's also important to have yourself screened if you think you may have a MRSA infection. Stopping the infection before it spreads too deeply greatly increases your chances of avoiding a life-threatening situation.
  • Your health-care worker: Hospitals house sick people, and health-care workers can easily spread MRSA through improper hand washing. Don't be afraid to ask your healthcare provider to wash his or her hands whenever she touches you. Be sure the workers use alcohol-based disinfectants and soap.
  • Treatment devices: You can also get a leg up on MRSA by making sure that any type of instrument the hospital uses for your treatment or care is sterile. When health-care workers use an instrument for an invasive procedure -- such as dialysis -- ask them to disinfect the area around the point of entry with alcohol.
  • A nice bath: If you're bedridden, you can request to be bathed with disposable cloths and disinfectant instead of reusable towels and soap and water.
akea482

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Research - 0 views

  • NIAID funds basic and translational research with the ultimate goal to develop and promote enhanced diagnostics, better therapeutic treatments, and new vaccines that are effective against
  • MRSA.
  • Drs. Michael Otto and Frank DeLeo and their colleagues at the NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories recently described the essential role of the phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) protein family in CA-MRSA disease severity
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  • Dr. Robert Daum, a researcher at the University of Chicago
  • CA-MRSA is transferred from the initial infected person to other members
  • Two clinical trials are underway to define the optimal treatment for skin and soft tissue infections caused by CA-MRSA.
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    MRSA vaccine research
makaylarb

MRSA infection Causes - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Staph bacteria are normally found on the skin or in the nose of about one-third of the population.
  • bacteria are generally harmless unless they enter the body through a cut or other wound, and even then they usually cause only minor skin problems in healthy people.
  • MRSA is the result of decades of often unnecessary antibiotic use.
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  • antibiotics have been prescribed for colds, flu and other viral infections that don't respond to these drugs
  • antibiotics are used appropriately, they contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria because they don't destroy every germ they target.
  • "staph,"
  • ess than 2 percent of the population carries the type of staph bacteria known as MRSA.
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    MRSA infection causes
destinytaylor

The silent epidemic: CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA - 0 views

  • The CDC defines hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA) in persons who have had frequent or recent contact with hospitals or healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes or dialysis centers) within the previous year, have recently undergone an invasive medical procedure, or are immunocompromised.
  • MRSA may be more easily transmitted when the following five Cs are present: Crowding frequent skin-to-skin Contact Compromised skin (cuts or abrasions) Contaminated items and surfaces lack of Cleanliness.
  • Locations where the five Cs are common include schools, dormitories, military barracks, households, correctional facilities, and daycare centers. C
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  • 2005, admissions were triple the number in 2000 and 10-fold higher
  • In 2005 in th
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  • States alone, 368,600 hospital admissions for MRSA—including 94,000 invasive infections—resulted in 18,650 deaths.
  • MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • infections was cellulitis and abscess,
  • Community outbreaks have been reported in sports teams, child care attendees, prison inmates, and diverse populations where habitation is relatively concentrated.
  • HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA have distinct clinical differences, both are transmitted in the same fashion—most frequently through direct skin-to-skin contact or contact with shared items or surfaces (such as towels or bandages) that have come into contact with someone else’s colonized or infected skin.
  • MRSA accounts for 60 percent of all staphylococcal infections.
  • Technological advances in screening, as well as prevention through vaccination, are being developed
  • 58 percent of MRSA infections originate in the community
  • death rate, length of stay, and cost of treating patients with MRSA are more than double other hospital admissions.
  • From 1999 through 2005, infections outside the lungs or blood tripled
  • MRSA has evolved unpredictable resistance and epidemiology patterns in response to decades of successful antibiotic treatments that have been prescribed in all environments and have saved millions of lives.
  • The most frequent primary diagnosis associated with other S aureus–related infections was cellulitis and abscess, followed by postoperative infection, infections from an implanted device (Fig. 1), or graft and osteomyelitis.
  • As MRSA spreads into hospitals from the community, current insurance company and proposed governmental policies that penalize the healthcare system may be inappropriate.
  • MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • The number of MRSA fatalities in 2005 surpassed the number of fatalities from hurricane Katrina and AIDS combined and is substantially higher than fatalities at the peak of the U. S. polio epidemic.
  • MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Community outbreaks have been reported in sports teams, child care attendees, prison inmates, and diverse populations where habitation is relatively concentrated.
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    More info about MRSA and the definition.
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    This Website Informs You Of What MRSA, The Statistics Of It And How You Get It
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    yellow: signs and synmptoms blue: prevention inccubation period pink: the number of saved lives and deaths.
Sa'Bachthani-Jasmine Richardson

MRSA infection - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections
  • Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.
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  • HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.
  • This form, community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), often begins as a painful skin boil.
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.
  • Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.
  • Another type of MRSA infection has occurred in the wider community — among healthy people
  • pread by skin-to-skin contact. At-risk populations include groups such as high school wrestlers, child care workers and people who live in crowded conditions.
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections. Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints. Another type of MRSA infection has occurred in the wider community — among healthy people. This form, community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), often begins as a painful skin boil. It's spread by skin-to-skin contact. At-risk populations include groups such as high school wrestlers, child care workers and people who live in crowded conditions.
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      Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections. Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints. Another type of MRSA infection has occurred in the wider community - among healthy people. This form, community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), often begins as a painful skin boil. It's spread by skin-to-skin contact. At-risk populations include groups such as high school wrestlers, child care workers and people who live in crowded conditions.
  • strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.
  • Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers.
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.
  • Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA
  • Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.
  • Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers.
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.
    • Sa'Bachthani-Jasmine Richardson
       
      we are actually looking for hospital acquired sickness
    • Sa'Bachthani-Jasmine Richardson
       
      remember we are looking for hospital acquired sickness
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    "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections. Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints. Another type of MRSA infection has occurred in the wider community - among healthy people. This form, community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), often begins as a painful skin boil. It's spread by skin-to-skin contact. At-risk populations include groups such as high school wrestlers, child care workers and people who live in crowded conditions."
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    What does mrsa stand for and how it is caused
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    "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections."
evuvuu

MRSA infection Symptoms - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Staph
    • kanderson956
       
      MRSA is a type of staph infection
  • small red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites.
  • quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses
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  • Do not attempt to treat an MRSA infection yourself. You could worsen it or spread it to others.
  • burrow deep into the body
  • surgical draining
  • causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.
  • Keep an eye on minor skin problems — pimples, insect bites, cuts and scrapes — especially in children. If wounds become infected, see your doctor.
  • start as small red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites. These can quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin.
  • Keep an eye on minor skin problems — pimples, insect bites, cuts and scrapes — especially in children. If wounds become infected, see your doctor. Do not attempt to treat an MRSA infection yourself. You could worsen it or spread it to others.
  • Staph skin infections, including MRSA, generally start as swollen, painful red bumps that might resemble pimples or spider bites
  • area might be:
  • Warm to the touch Full of pus or other drainage Accompanied by a fever
  • Keep an eye on minor skin problems — pimples, insect bites, cuts and scrapes — especially in children.
  • wounds appear infected or are accompanied by a fever, see your doctor.
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    When you get mrsa
bgibson167

MRSA Research Center : Home | The University of Chicago - 0 views

  • What disease kills more Americans a year than AIDS? If you don’t know about MRSA, you’re not alone. "MRSA" stands for "methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus." MRSA, pronounced "mursa," is a bacterium that causes a number of hard-to-treat infections. It is a drug-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus, or "the golden cluster seed," a spherical bacterium that is the most common cause of staph infections. Each year, 90,000 Americans suffer from invasive MRSA infection. About 20,000 die. Many are children. At the MRSA Research Center, we seek to prevent, control, and treat MRSA through basic scientific and clinical research. Our hope is that, together, we can help fill many of the gaps in our knowledge about MRSA.
kanderson956

MRSA infection Risk factors - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Being hospitalized. MRSA remains a concern in hospitals, where it can attack those most vulnerable — older adults and people with weakened immune systems. Having an invasive medical device. Medical tubing — such as intravenous lines or urinary catheters — can provide a pathway for MRSA to travel into your body. Residing in a long-term care facility. MRSA is prevalent in nursing homes. Carriers of MRSA have the ability to spread it, even if they're not sick themselves.
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      Risk factors for HA-MRSA
kanderson956

MRSA infection Complications - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • MRSA infections may affect your: Bloodstream Lungs Heart Bones Joints
shaneep110

Hepatitis B Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • For some people, hepatitis B infection becomes chronic, meaning it lasts more than six months.
  • Having chronic hepatitis B increases your risk of developing liver failure, liver cancer or cirrhosis — a condition that causes permanent scarring of the liver.
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  • Most people infected with hepatitis B as adults recover fully, even if their signs and symptoms are severe.
  • nfants and children are more likely to develop a chronic hepatitis B infection.
  • A vaccine can prevent hepatitis B, but there's no cure if you have it. If you're infected, taking certain precautions can help prevent spreading HBV to others.
shaneep110

Hepatitis A Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. The hepatitis A virus is one of several types of hepatitis viruses that cause inflammation that affects your liver's ability to function.
  • You're most likely to contract hepatitis A from contaminated food or water or from close contact with someone who's already infected.
    • shaneep110
       
      The Person's stool is what gets you infected.
  • Practicing good hygiene — including washing your hands often — is one of the best ways to protect against hepatitis A. Effective vaccines are available for people who are most at risk.
    • shaneep110
       
      Rule Number one of Health Care - Wash Your Hands!
kogburn084

Preventing Nosocomial Spread of MRSA is in Your Hands: Infection Control of MRSA - 0 views

  • Preventing Nosocomial Spread of MRSA is in Your Hands
  • Many investigators contend that limiting spread of MRSA depends on health care personnel using proper hand hygiene practices, contact isolation, and barrier precautions in the clinical setting
  • posting reminders and signs on patient rooms and hospital units, and offering educational programs for health care workers.
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  • Handrub using ethanol (Sterillium®); waterless, alcohol-based, antiseptic handrub solution used for 30 seconds.
  • Handwash using chlorhexidine gluconate (Hibiscrub®); water-based, antiseptic handwashing soap used for 1 minut
  • ompared the effectiveness of three modes of different hand hygiene practice among health care workers:
  • Waterless, alcohol-based antiseptic gel handrub for 30 seconds.
  • The study showed that repeated handrubbing for 30 seconds with Sterillium was better tolerated than repeated handwashing with the antiseptic soap Hibiscrub during patient care.
  • There was greater compliance with the hand hygiene practice using the 30 second Sterillium handrubbing technique compared to the 1 minute handwashing technique with Hibiscrub.
dianavillalpando

MRSA - 0 views

Clinical expression and successful treatment depends more on the genotype of the organism than its place of origin. Currently, 85 percent of MRSA infections are healthcare associated; MRSA accounts...

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MRSA infection Prevention - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • people who are infected or colonized with MRSA often are placed in isolation as a precaution to prevent the spread of MRSA.
  • Wash your hands.
  • Keep personal items personal.
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  • Keep cuts and abrasions clean and covered with sterile, dry bandages until they heal.
  • Keep wounds covered.
  • The pus from infected sores may contain MRSA, and keeping wounds covered will help keep the bacteria from spreading.
  • Scrub hands briskly for at least 15 seconds, then dry them with a disposable towel and use another towel to turn off the faucet.
  • towels, sheets, razors, clothing and athletic equipment.
  • MRSA spreads on contaminated objects as well as through direct contact.
  • If you have a cut or sore, wash towels and bed linens in a washing machine set to the hottest water setting (with added bleach, if possible) and dry them in a hot dryer.
  • Shower immediately after each game or practice.
  • Sanitize linens.
  • Shower after athletic games or practices.
  • n the hospital, people who are infected or colonized with MRSA often are placed in isolation
  • isolation may be required to wear protective garments and must follow strict hand hygiene procedures. Contaminated surfaces and laundry items should be properly disinfected.
  • Scrub hands briskly for at least 15 seconds, then dry them with a disposable towel and use another towel to turn off the faucet.
    • ecampos693
       
      Even though others used this article it is a very good article about preventing MRSA
  • Wash your hands
  • Sanitize linens.
  • Wash gym and athletic clothes after each wearing.
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