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Article written by Idaz medical, 

Methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) is a type of staph bacteria resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. Anyone can get MRSA and infections range from mild to life-threatening. Individuals may be carriers of MRSA and have it on their skin or in their nose but still be asymptomatic. These individual can still infected others with MRSA even though they are asymptomatic.

 

In the community, most MRSA infections are skin infections and are generally mild. Skin infections often look like a boil, pimple, or spider bite.

 

The more serious MRSA infections often occur in healthcare settings. In a healthcare setting, such as a hospital or nursing home, MRSA can cause severe problems such as bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections.

 

In Arizona over the last 10 years there have been a range of 1,000 to 1,400 cases of invasive MRSA reported each year.

 

Arizona 5 year median: 1,155 cases

 

Transmission
Infections occur due to direct contact with contaminated surfaces or skin.

In the community, MRSA easily spreads in settings such as daycare, correctional facilities, or sport camps by frequent skin-to-skin contact, crowding, compromised skin, contaminated items and surfaces and lack of cleanliness.

In health care settings, poor adherence to standard infection control precautions (e.g. hand hygiene) can lead to transmission between patients and to clusters of infections. Isolation Precautions

Patients with MRSA should be put on standard and contact precautions.

Prevention for Patients
Maintaining good hand and body hygiene is the best prevention method.

• Washing hands often, and cleaning body regularly, especially after exercise.
• Keeping cuts, scrapes, and wounds clean and covered until healed.
• Avoid sharing personal items such as towels, washcloths, razors, clothing, and uniforms.

Individuals are infectious as long as the sores are draining.

Public Health Actions
Cases should be excluded from school or child care only if the sores cannot be covered.

Public health will conduct an epidemiological investigation on an outbreak. <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->

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