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arytman716

The Facts About MRSA | Kid's Health Line - 0 views

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  • MRSA has a lot of parents worried recently – and to some
  • degree, the concern is warranted
  • Head and neck MRSA infections in children more than doubled during a five-year period during the ‘00s.
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  • MRSA is short for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
  • “Up to 10 percent of children have staph in their noses,” Dr. Belcher said. “And when that many children have something, it’s far from an abnormal thing. I really think the community needs to know that it’s a common organism
  • Staph is an opportunistic bacterium that often resides in the nose until it gets the chance to enter the bloodstream through cuts or scrapes. It can also enter through bug bites and eczema, according to Dr. Belcher. “
  • But it’s a normal infection that, in some ways, has been blown out of proportion by the media.”
  • o its important to wash under their nails, maybe using a nail brush, and scrub for a good few seconds to make sure to get it all out.”
  • If a child is infected with MRSA, it often first appears as a skin infection in the form of boils, abscesses or a rash
  • more than 90 percent of children who contract MRSA show no serious symptoms,
  • MRSA is often only carried for days or weeks,” Dr. Belcher said. “And there is no reason that kids with a history of MRSA should be quarantined from other students.
  • With young children, MRSA spreads partly because of a nasty childhood habit: Nose-picking. “Kids like to pick their noses,” Dr. Belcher said. “
  • “MRSA affects every type of person,” Dr. Belcher continued. “The reason children get it is pretty simple. All you have to do is watch them play to figure it out. Fortunately, it’s almost never a very serious medical situation.”
abrown844

MRSA and Other Hospital Acquired Infections: Reducing Your Risks - 0 views

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  • Before surgery, ask if you will need antibiotics.
  • Before surgery, ask how hair will be removed at the surgical site
  • Ask everyone -- including doctors and nurses -- to wash their hands
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  • Tell family members to stay away if they're sick
  • Know the signs of infection.
  • s of viruses and bacteria, and infection is a common complication after surgery. 
  • Hospitals are hotbed
  • don't just assume you're getting antibiotics: ask if you are. If you aren't, ask why. 
    • abrown844
      abrown844 on 10 Sep 14
       
      If you don't ask questions, you will never know what is going on. Not all doctors inform you about what they are preparing to do before they do it.
  • CDC recommends that if hair is removed it should be done immediately before surgery.
    • abrown844
      abrown844 on 10 Sep 14
       
      Shaving the night before can cause skin infections.
  • "It's your health," says Peter B. Angood, MD, co-director, International Center for Patient Safety, "so you need to make sure that health care providers are washing their hands and protecting you."
    • abrown844
      abrown844 on 10 Sep 14
       
      Don't be afraid to reassure you health; your body, your rules.
  • Before you're discharged, make sure you understand what to watch for. How will you know if your incision is getting infected? What will it look like? How will it feel? If you don't know these things, you might assume that dangerous signs of a hospital-acquired infection are just normal postoperative pain.
    • abrown844
      abrown844 on 10 Sep 14
       
      Stay well informed and aware.
kgroves873

Deadly 'superbugs' escaped hospitals, now infecting homes - NaturalNews.com - 0 views

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  • For the first time, the antibiotic-resistant superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been identified in common households,
  • problem will likely only get worse over time.
  • antibiotic overuse both on commercial farms and in Western medicine.
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  • little is known about where else these deadly critters might be hiding,
  • exception of new research based out of New York City.
  • discovered that superbugs like MRSA are literally jumping ship from hospitals into people's homes, which are becoming "major reservoirs" for these deadly strains.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the study involved looking at the homes of 161 New York City residents who contracted MRSA between the years of 2009 and 2011. Dr. Anne-Catrin Uhlemann and her colleagues took bacterial samples from each of the individuals, as well as from a comparison group not infected with the pathogen.
  • common MRSA strain known as USA300, which CBS News says is a leading cause of community MRSA infections across the U.S., was found inside the homes of many of the infected participants. It was also found in a similar genetic form in these participants' family members, suggesting that MRSA literally breeds within individual households when not fully eradicated.
  • certain with regards to how significant the threat of a superbug infection is from surfaces, as bacteria tend not to survive very long without access to appropriate temperatures and moisture levels. But almost everyone is in agreement that it is probably not a good idea to leave surfaces unattended and to always sanitize them to avoid infection.
  • Human beings are a much bigger threat
  • kgroves873 on 10 Sep 14
     
    More about Mrsa
dianavillalpando

Healthcare-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or HA-MRSA - 0 views

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  • Healthcare-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or HA-MRSA, is a potentially deadly strain of Staph aureus that is resistant to several antibiotics. This superbug has been appearing more and more in hospitals and other healthcare settings, representing a growing public health problem in the United States.
  • While these patients are the most common source of the bacteria, transmission occurs when healthcare workers’ hands touch other patients who are HA-MRSA carriers
  • Other sources of transmission in healthcare settings include open wounds, catheters, or breathing tubes.
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  • Who’s at risk?
  • where patients undergo invasive medical procedures or have weakened immune systems.
  • HA-MRSA infections may include surgical wound infections, urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections, and pneumonia
  • kin infection may appear as a red, swollen, painful area on the skin.
  • orm of an abscess, boil, or pus-filled lesion,
  • accompanied by fever and warmth
  • More serious HA-MRSA infections have symptoms that include chest pain, chills, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, and rash.
  • life-threatening, especially without treatment.
  • Antibiotics (not including methicillin) are usually the first choice
  • More serious infections may require hospitalization, during which treatments may include intravenous fluids and medication, kidney dialysis (in case of kidney failure) and oxygen therapy (increasing oxygen supply to the lungs).
  • Prevention: Wash your hands frequently with soap and water
  • Staph aureus sticks to different kinds of tissue within the body and has ways of evading the immune response
  • How it causes disease:
  • Many symptoms of Staph aureus infections occur as a result of tissue destruction by bacterial enzymes. For example, Staph aureus produces toxins, known as superantigens, that can induce septic shock.
  • In hospital settings, Staph aureus can form a slimy material, called a biofilm, on certain solid surfaces (catheters and prosthetic devices); the biofilm serves as a protective barrier against the immune system and antimicrobial agents.
  • dianavillalpando on 10 Sep 14
     
    HSA MRSA
cmathis606

MRSA Causes, Symptoms, Treatment - MRSA Infection Treatment - eMedicineHealth - 0 views

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  • Antibiotic therapy is still the mainstay of medical care for MRSA, but antibiotic therapy is complicated by MRSA's antibiotic resistance.
  • Drainage of pus is the main surgical treatment of MRSA infections. Items that can serve as sources of infection (tampons, intravenous lines) should be removed.
  • The majority of serious MRSA infections are treated with two or more intravenous antibiotics that, in combination, often still are effective against MRSA
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  • Unfortunately, patients can still die from MRSA infection, even with appropriate antibiotic therapy, if the infection overwhelms the patient's defense mechanisms (immune system)
apettistate345

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

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  • 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
      kgroves873 on 03 Sep 14
       
      Its been a problem for decades
  • MRSA that occur in nonhospital settings.
    • kgroves873
      kgroves873 on 03 Sep 14
       
      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
      kgroves873 on 03 Sep 14
       
      where its commonly found
  • Skin-to-skin contact
    • kgroves873
      kgroves873 on 03 Sep 14
       
      how its spread
  • Touching contaminated objects.
    • kgroves873
      kgroves873 on 03 Sep 14
       
      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
  • kgroves873 on 03 Sep 14
     
    Great for over all understanding of disease
cvelaz614

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - 0 views

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English_2 Challenge1 MRSA

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  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • During the past four decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has evolved from a controllable nuisance into a serious public health concern. MRSA is largely a hospital-acquired infection, in fact, one of the most common.
  • Recently, however, new strains have emerged in the community that are capable of causing severe infections in otherwise healthy people.
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  • History Transmission Diagnosis
  • Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicting MRSA bacteria with a human white cell.
  • Treatment
  • Prevention
    • shaneep110
      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      All of these are key pieces for MRSA History
bseate407

Information for Clinicians - Treating MRSA | Community | MRSA | CDC - 0 views

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  • The CDC encourages clinicians to consider MRSA in the differential diagnosis of skin and soft tissue infections
  • Recent data suggest that MRSA as a cause of skin infections in the general community remains at high probability.
  • Antibiotic treatment, if indicated, should be guided by the susceptibility profile of the organism.
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  • Obtaining specimens for culture and susceptibility testing is useful to guide therapy, particularly for those with more severe infections and those who fail to respond adequately to initial management.
  • MRSA skin infections can develop into more serious infections. It is important to discuss a follow-up plan with your patients in case they develop systemic symptoms or worsening local symptoms, or if symptoms do not improve within 48 hours.
amanda944

MRSA Infections: Prevent Transmission in Your Gym | Breaking Muscle - 0 views

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  • An estimated 25% to 30% of the general population are colonized with staph, however less than 2% are colonized with the more dangerous MRSA.
  • MRSA and CRKP can be found in hospital settings, inpatient communities, athletic facilities, gyms, locker rooms,
  • due to the skin to skin contact.
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  • This skin to skin contact can also occur in a weightlifting room on a barbell, pull up bar, or kettlebell.
  • Wipe down gym equipment before and after use
  • shower immediately after exercise or training and use your own toiletries and towels.
dianavillalpando

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amanda944

Staph and MRSA, in Gyms - 0 views

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  • Working out bare handed or using typical leather gloves, with exposed fingers, puts you in direct contact with sweat, germs, staph and MRSA left behind by others
  • he developed a septic (blood) infection with red streaks racing up his arm.
ddail172

Infection Prevention: MRSA - 0 views

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MRSA infection prevention

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  • 98% compliance with all infection prevention measures (Hand Hygiene, Contact Precautions, Environmental Cleaning or Active Surveillance Testing) demonstrating sustained improvement over time.
  • Because hand hygiene compliance, use of contact precautions, and compliance with CLABs and ventilator bundle are 90+%, a system to ensure compliance with the decontamination of the environment and equipment component of the bundle was emphasized through work with environmental services, transporters and radiology using checklists, Glo-germ and Clean-trace.
  • Active surveillance cultures were also instituted in areas of the hospital where there is a high prevalence of MRSA such as the ICU and also select surgical populations. 
ddail172

Hospital-acquired infection - Special Collection :: Hospital-acquired infection - The C... - 0 views

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  • Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers 
  • preventing cross-infection between patients
  • his systematic review aimed to determine whether the use of mupirocin nasal ointment in patients with identified S. aureus nasal carriage reduced S. aureus infection rates.
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  • his systematic review aimed to determine the effects of infection prevention and control strategies for preventing the transmission of MRSA in nursing homes for older people.
kmclaughlin040

General Information | Healthcare Settings | MRSA | CDC - 0 views

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  • MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • MRSA can cause severe problems such as bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections.
  • usually spread by direct contact with an infected wound or from contaminated hands, usually those of healthcare providers.
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  • do not have signs of infection can spread the bacteria to others and potentially cause an infection.
  • only way to know if MRSA is the cause of an infection is to perform a laboratory culture of the bacteria.
  • Studies show that about one in three (33%) people carry staph in their nose, usually without any illness.
  • Two in 100 people carry MRSA.
  • MRSA infections in healthcare settings are declining.
  • hospitals declined 54% between 2005 and 2011, with 30,800 fewer severe MRSA infections. In addition, the study showed 9,000 fewer deaths in hospital patients in 2011 versus 2005.
  • Numerous studies and reports show that when healthcare providers follow CDC guidelines, MRSA infections can largely – if not completely – be prevented.
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MRSA: MedlinePlus - 0 views

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  • MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It causes a staph infection (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common antibiotics.
  • prevent community-associated MRSA
  • Practice good hygiene Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages Avoid sharing personal items, such as towels, washcloths, razors, or clothes Wash soiled sheets, towels, and clothes in hot water with bleach and dry in a hot dryer
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  • Hospital-associated MRSA happens to people in healthcare settings. Community-associated MRSA happens to people who have close skin-to-skin contact with others
ecampos693

Prevention, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Antimicrobial Resistance - 0 views

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  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention
  • Keep your hands clean by washing
  • When you don’t have access to soap and water, carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer containing at least 62 percent alcohol.
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  • Always shower promptly after exercising.
  • Avoid contact with other people’s wounds or bandages.
  • draining or have pus covered with clean, dry bandages
  • Pus from infected wounds can contain S. aureus and MRSA, so keeping the infection covered will help prevent the spread to others. Bandages or tape can be discarded with regular trash.
  • Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed.
  • Avoid sharing personal items, such as towels, washcloths, razors, clothes, or uniforms
  • Wash sheets, towels, and clothes that become soiled with water and laundry detergent;
  • use bleach and hot water
  • Drying clothes in a hot drye
  • If you have a skin infection that requires treatment, ask your healthcare provider if you should be tested for MRSA.
  • prescribe drugs that are not effective
  • against antibiotic-resistant staph,
  • Healthcare providers are fighting back against MRSA infection by tracking bacterial outbreaks and by investing in products, such as antibiotic-coated catheters and gloves that release disinfectants
gseiber103

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  • methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus
  • “staph” germ that does not get better with the first-line antibiotics that usually cure staph infections.
  • the germ is “resistant” to the antibiotic.
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  • spread by skin-to-skin contact
  • A doctor, nurse, other health care provider, or visitors may have staph germs on their body that can spread to a patient.
  • Once the staph germ enters the body, it can spread to bones, joints, the blood, or any organ, such as the lungs, heart, or brain.
  • Serious staph infections
  • more common in people with a weakened immune system.
  • Are in hospitals and long-term care facilities for a long timeAre on kidney dialysis (hemodialysis)Receive cancer treatment or medicines that weaken their immune systemInject illegal drugs.Had surgery in the past year
  • can also occur in healthy people who have not recently been in the hospital.
  • Athletes and other people who may share items such as towels or razorsChildren in day-careMembers of the militaryPeople who have gotten tattoos
  • MRSA infections in patients in health care facilities tend to be severe.
  • staph infections may be in the bloodstream, heart, lungs, or other organs, urine, or in the area of a recent surgery
  • symptoms
  • Chest painCough or shortness of breathFatigueFever and chillsGeneral ill feelingHeadacheRashWounds that do not heal
  • MRSA infections that are harder to treat are ones in:Lungs or bloodPeople who are already ill or have a weak immune system
  • Do not try to pop open or drain the infection yourself. Keep any sore or wound covered with a clean bandage.
  • Severe MRSA infections are becoming harder to treat.
  • Draining a skin infection may be the only treatment needed for a skin MRSA infection that has not spread
  • prevent the spread of staph is for everyone to keep their hands clean
  • jtolercamien290 on 06 Sep 14
     
    MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is a "staph" germ that does not get better with the first-line antibiotics that usually cure staph infections. When this occurs, the germ is "resistant"to the antibiotic. Causes Most staph germs are spread by skin-to-skin contact (touching).
gseiber103

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  • MRSA means methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
  • classified as CA-MRSA (community acquired) or HA-MRSA (hospital- or health-care-acquired)
  • person to person by direct contact with the skin, clothing, or area (for example, sink, bench, bed, and utensil) that had recent physical contact with a MRSA-infected person.
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  • CA-MRSA starts as skin infections
  • HA-MRSA can begin an infection of the skin, a wound
  • draining pus is often one of the first signs
  • MRSA infections are diagnosed by culture and antibiotic sensitivity testing of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
  • almost always found to be resistant to multiple antibiotics.
  • need to have antibiotic susceptibility
  • frequently involves the use of vancomycin, often in combination with other antibiotics given by IV; CA-MRSA can often be treated
  • Prevention of MRSA is possible by excellent hygiene practices, avoiding skin contact with infected people or items they have touched, and by wearing disposable gloves, gowns, and masks when treating or visiting hospitalized MRSA patients
  • one of the 18 microbes listed by the CDC as a multidrug-resistant microbe or "superbug."
hfaulk766

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  • ne in three (33%) people carry staph in their nose, usually without any illness. Two in 100 people carry MRSA.
  • vasive MRSA infections that began in hospitals declined 54% between 2005 and 2011, with 30,800 fewer severe MRSA infections.
  • 9,000 fewer deaths
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  • decrease in overall central line-associated
  • bloodstream infections, these studies provide evidence that rates of hospital-onset, severe MRSA infections in the United States are falling.
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