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What is the standard precaution caring for a patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
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As MRSA is highly infectious and is resistant to a great deal of antibiotics, the most important point is that the person is properly "barrier nursed" in isolation.
Due to low staffing levels it's sometimes difficult to assign 1 nurse to that person hence why it usually spreads from patient to patient.
If the person is properly isolated, having their one toiletries, cutlery,crockery, bedding and towels all in the isolation room with only 1 nurse caring for them and NO OTHER patient, it is possible to clear the infection without passing it on to others.
Strong broad spectrum antibiotics are normally used but it depends on the lab results as to what the bacteria is and what can be used.
Swabs from various parts of the body are sent to verify MRSA, normally nose, armpits and sometimes the groin.
Bearing in mind that 90% of people have the MRSA bugs on their skin with no ill effects, it's common for patients to bring the bugs into hospital with them.
The problems arise when the bacteria gets into the wounds of sick, frail or elderly patients.
New management strategies usually mean people are swabbed prior to their admission date for operations to test for MRSA in the hope that those carriers can br identified and treated before they have the opportunity to pass it on to others.
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