Infections Are Common Among Medical Settings

Patients with weak immune system such as HIV patients and cancer are highly exposed to MRSA infection. The open wounded body and skin ulcers parts have high risk of infection. Medical instruments such as tubes and needles can be a channel for MRSA to get to people in contact with them. Those individuals who carry MRSA but not affected can transmit it to others in nursing homes. Individuals who have undergone surgery are also under risk of infection. Since MRSA is resistant to antibiotics, patients who have been regularly using antibiotics are also at risk of infection (Stryjewski, 2014). For the community strain MRSA, the infection can be transmitted while in games through body cuts or skin contact. Since prisons are crowded, there is high risk of infection in case of MRSA epidemic. Poor individual and facilities hygiene risks the infection of MRSA.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or more commonly, MRSA, is an emerging infectious disease affecting many people worldwide. MRSA, in particular, is a very interesting disease because although many people can be carriers of it, it generally only affects those with a depressed immune system; this is why it is so prevalent in places like nursing homes and hospitals. It can be spread though surgeries, artificial joints, tubing, and skin-to-skin contact. Although there is not one specific treatment of this disease, there are ways to test what antibiotics work best and sometimes antibiotics aren’t even necessary.

Health care providers and visitors are required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow strict hand hygiene procedures. Contaminated rooms, surfaces, and laundry items are properly disinfected to prevent the spread of MRSA. In addition to policy and procedures, patient teaching is also helpful for preventing exposure and spread of MRSA. As aforementioned earlier, hand hygiene is key to prevent exposer or transmission of the bacteria. To properly wash your hand effectively, first scrub hands rapidly for at least 15 seconds. Next, use a disposable towel to dry them and another towel to turn off the faucet. In addition, hand sanitizer that contains 62 percent or more of alcohol may be an adequate substitute when the individual does not have access to soap and water (Mayo Clinic Staff,

Carla, your post on community acquired MRSA infection, detection, and treatment of the condition is spot on. We all walk around with a variety of bacteria on our skin, especially healthcare workers. As healthcare professionals we are in constant contact with patients with various skin conditions including MRSA so it important to follow guidelines set by our institutions to limit the exposure to ourself and other patients. In addition, to the demographic that you mention in your post at risk for acquiring MRSA, younger non-exposed hospitalized patients are at risk as well.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a drug resistant pathogen abundant in healthcare settings and the second most common overall cause of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) (Jernigan & Kallan, 2010). The prevalence of MRSA is a significant problem found amongst many Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in the United States (US); critically ill patients are at higher risk for hospital-acquired infections. Acquisition and infection of MRSA may significantly prolong duration of hospital stays, increase healthcare costs, and contribute to higher mortality rates. According to national data, MRSA accounts for nearly 70 percent of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from

One of the most common hospital-acquired infections being reported today by hospitals is urinary tract infections (UTIs), UTIs account for up to 40% of the infections reported by hospitals (Elpern, 2016). One of the most common reasons for hospital-acquired UTIs has been associated with the use of indwelling urinary catheters, these infections are known as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). CUATIs have been shown to increase healthcare cost, increase in morbidity and mortality and are one of the most preventable complications that can arise from hospitalization (Elpern, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to explore hospital acquired infections and common problems and complications

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2016) "MRSA can cause severe problems such as bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. If not treated quickly, MRSA infections can cause sepsis and death” (para. 1). Elderly and individuals with depleted immunity (Mayo Clinic, 2016), patients in intensive care units (ICUs) where the antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use are the highest (Ma et al., 2015, p. 1), nursing home (NH) residents, and patients with indwelling devices are the most vulnerable population for the MRSA infection (Mayo Clinic, 2016). MRSA infections can put financial and physical strains to the healthcare system as observed by Hanna (2011), “MRSA costs the US healthcare system up to $34 billion a year and accounts for over 8 million additional hospital

Compliance with the National Patient Safety Goals and other initiatives related to prevention of hospital-acquired infections has been a challenge for many hospitals. IHI (2008) reported that despite Joint Commission (2008) efforts related to prevention, rates of hospital-acquired infection remain unacceptably high Therefore, I choose “Preventing Hospital-Associated Infection: MRSA Upshaw-Owens, M., & Bailey, C. A. (2012) for my National Safety Patient Goal for prevention of infection.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that is responsible for several infections in humans like pneumonia, bloodstream infection, etc. Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus was first identified among hospitalized patients in 1960s. MRSA is any strain of Staphylococcus aureus developed through the process of natural selection and resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillins (methicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, etc.) and the cephalosporins. It is of huge concern in hospitals, prisons, and nursing homes, where the patients are at high risk due to open wounds, invasive devices, and weakened immune systems. MRSA infections that occur in hospitals are known as Hospital Associated MRSA (HA-MRSA).

Staphylococcus is a bacterium that is responsible for many infections, for example, skin infections, pneumonia, food poisoning, blood poisoning, bacteremia, etc. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the major cause for most of the staph and skin infections. In the past, staph was generally treated with antibiotic until the organism start building up resistant to the medicine, which results in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). A problem that existed was a rise in cases of MRSA at a referral teaching hospital centers in Sikkim, India. A cross sectional study was done from January to December 2006, on 827 clinical specimens that was collected from different departments at the hospital. In addition, 196 nasal swabs were

The most pervasive anti-toxin safe disease that must be considered and comprehend in the current world is the "Methicillin-safe Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination". It is caused by a strain of Staphylococcus microbes that have created impervious to the basic anti-microbial for treating ordinary staphylococcic aureus disease. This anti-microbial safe contamination happened in patients living in doctor's facilities. The MRSA disease in the healing centers is caused by utilizing obtrusive gadgets or strategies, for example, intravenous tubing and surgeries.

MRSA is and infectious disease, it can be transmitted by skin-to skin contact and by touching other people’s things that have active MRSA. It is important if using medical equipment on patients that have MRSA to clean them good after you are doing using them. If not cleaned the correct this will increase the risk of transferring MRSA to other people.

Infection control is very important in the health care profession. Health care professionals, who do not practice proper infection control, allow themselves to become susceptible to a number of infections. Among the most dreaded of these infections are: hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Another infection which has more recently increased in prevalence is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are all treated differently. Each infection has its own symptoms, classifications, and incubation periods. These infections are transmitted in very similar fashions, but they do not all target the same population.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common nosocomial infections among surgical patients and the second or third most frequent hospital acquired infections in general hospitals (1). SSIs cause destruction of tissue, pain, scars, and fail in wound healing and increasing risk of morbidity in surgical patients(2). The susceptibility data collected in some study suggested that some antibiotic agents can be ineffective against the common bacterial pathogens isolated from SSIs. However the inappropriate administration of antimicrobials in preoperative prophylaxis is still a problem(3). Among antibiotic resistance organisms MRSA, is an increasing important nosocomial pathogen that causes SSIs and complicates treatment for these infections(4).

The patient will perform a self-care technique using proper infection control measures as it is essential for medical-surgical patient to practice and understand the skills needed to reduce the transmission of MRSA. Firstly, educate the client on maintaining a clean environment, and with MRSA, this means changing bedding, clothing and towels every day, and hand washing frequently. The nurse will teach the client how to perform self- care using proper infection control techniques. Secondly, the client will be instructed about cleaning the equipment using soap and water and disinfecting it with an appropriate disinfectant. The nurse will demonstrate proper hand hygiene to the client, explaining that it should be done when in contact with body