More people die from MRSA than from AIDS. WOW!
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=84 575
I actually went over this article with my biology students in class today.
Our neighboring county just lost a 16yr. old this week. He had what he
thought was a pimple and 6 days later he was gone. It has been quite a
shock. We had a MRSA issue about a month ago with 7 students testing
positive.
Realize though that the MRSA that you come in contact with in the
community is not as deadly as the one that you contract in the hospital. I
read on a science website this morning that about 30% of the general
population has MRSA on their skin. We all have staph-MRSA occurs when
there is an opportunity.
Still, most of us take some sort of immunosuppressent so please be extra
cautious. As I told my kids: If it looks funky, get it checked out by the
Doc!
This was all over the news today. My grandmother had open heart surgery about 15 years ago. The surgery was fine the infection is what killed her. My son (14) plays football and I always stress to him to get a shower right away and don't walk around barefoot in the locker room. I spray his football pads down with Lysol. Scary stuff!
They said on news is the best thing to do is wash, wash, wash, your hands and use a kleenex instead of your finger when you have a booger. From Fox news. A little 4 year old girl from NH just died from MRSA.
Hey guys!
I must be very close to you Rocckyd!
That is so sad about that little girl!!!
So this started in the UK in 1961, and then hit the USA. Our good family flew down to Seattle for surgery in the mid-1960s and caught staph in the hospital and almost died. She was very lucky.
Another reason for AP therapy, but its from Wikipedia, so its probably a lie:
MRSA infections can be treated with oral agents, including linezolid, rifampicin+fusidic acid, rifampicin+fluoroquinolone, pristinamycin, co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), doxycycline or minocycline, and clindamycin.
I don't think that is correct - I think it takes a -cillin or a -ceph to treat staph, and that is the problem with MRSA - Methacillin-Resistant? My daughter was on Zith when she got staph, and I asked if that would get it, and the ped said, "NO! That's staph!"I did work in a hospital and handled several MRSA cases. The best way to NOT get it is wash your hands. I would have to handle the instrumention after surgery and we would have to spray the instruments with this disinfectant, cover the cart for transportation and once in our department, rinse the instruments to remove any blood. Then it was on to the washer to finish the process. I would remove my gloves, face cover, and gown after handling that case. Then wash my hands before regowning. Then at the end of my shift, I would wash my hands and remove my shoe covers from my shoes. My hands would get washed again, before I put on my street clothes and if the scrubs were mine, they would be bagged before I would take them home. All of my scrubs were washed in a hot water wash. They never were placed in a basket or drawer with my regular clothes. So people, remember to wash those hands and make sure that you work up a good lather. Then rinse those hands and dry with a paper towel.
My class is over!!!!!
Thanks Marisa...
I learned a lot in class today ma'am!Hey Angy...where are you???? I am in Virginia-Roanoke.
Go HOKIES!
WOW! I'm a lucky one! I got a MRSA infection in my hip and knee from a total knee sugery in 2005. I was on IV antibiotics for months and now I'm still on an antibiotic all the time.
Kathy