Staphylococcus aureus; Community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA); Hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA). Retrieved from the U.S. National Library of Medicine Database. Bonita‚ R.‚ Beaglehole‚R.‚ and Kjellström‚ T. (2006). Basic Epidemiology‚ 2nd Edition. [PDF file]. Retrieved from Moodle. Infection. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/287461/infection Johnson‚ A. (2007). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. Retrieved from http://www
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infected with MRSA. Studies show that one in three people carry staph in their nose usually without illness. Two in one hundred (100) people carry MRSA. To prevent MRSA‚ the steps below must be observed: • Maintain good hand and body hygiene. Wash hands often and clean body regularly • Keep cuts‚ scrapes‚ and wounds clean and covered until they heal • Avoid sharing personal items • Get medical attention early if you think you have a MRSA infection Most staph skin infections including MRSA appear as
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University Medical Center‚ New York-Presbyterian Queens‚ St. Barnabas Hospital‚ Richmond University Medical Center‚ Stony Brook Health Sciences Center‚ and Westchester Medical Center. According to the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance‚ these MRSA cases have increased from 619 cases in 1997
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the National Center for disease control and prevention‚ Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a type of staph infection that is resistant to the usual antibiotics that are effective in treating other types of staph ("CDC - Definition of MRSA | MRSA Infections"‚ 2010). Sometimes antibiotic resistant infections are called super bugs. This essay attempts to discover how it happens‚ how it can be prevented and possible treatments available. What about the body’s immune response? The simplest
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). There are varying degrees of the strain Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and some strains are classed as MRSA (National Health Service (NHS) Plus‚ 2005). Not all strains of the bacterium will cause an epidemic. Epidemic causing MRSA is classified as EMRSA‚ most notably EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16‚ which can be more difficult to control (Department of Health (DH)‚ 2004). However‚ for the purpose of this essay‚ the author will focus on MRSA in an acute setting‚ which
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Jessica Heinen Autry Technology Center Introduction The full name of MRSA is meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus (also known as staph) is a common type of bacteria. It is often carried on the skin and inside the nostrils and throat‚ and can cause mild infections of the skin such as boils and impetigo. If staph bacteria get into a break in the skin‚ they can cause life-threatening infections‚ such as
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are antibiotics that have been known to kill this bacterium. Unfortunately‚ there is a new form of staph infection called community associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA). This infection is a rising concern because there is no antibiotic that has been known to cure it. CA-MRSA is found on the
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This is a reflective assignment that will reflect upon a scenario that took place during the clinical placement of a student nurse in theatres. The assignment will focus on MRSA protocols in theatres‚ why it is important and how the use of reflection assists in the continuous professional development of a student nurse. Throughout the assignment the author will use the Rolfe reflective framework (2001‚ cited in Jasper‚ 2003) to explore what happened through out the scenario using the three stages
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Results: The conventional methods used to identify MRSA require culturing which can take days to obtain. For hospitals needing quick results the PCR method is ideal because results can be obtained within just a few hours (often as low as within five hours). Getting these results in such a timely manner can help to start treatment earlier‚ reducing the amount of time needed for isolation and hospitalization‚ and thus reducing costs. It has also been shown that the PCR method is not only quick but
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healthy‚ asymptomatic persons (i.e.‚ carriers) and can cause infections with clinical manifestations ranging from pustules to sepsis and death. Most transmission occurs through the contaminated hands of a person infected with or carrying S. aureus. MRSA infections frequently are encountered in health-care settings (Lowy‚ 1998). A common cause of blood-stream infections‚ pneumonia‚ endocarditits‚ skin and soft tissue infections‚ and bone and joint infections‚ S. aureus infection is often associated
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