HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

MRSA

• A common staph bacteria that causes difficult-to-treat infections in different parts of the body

SYMPTOMS

• Mild infections on skin like ,sores or boils
• Serious infections or infect surgical wounds like , infection in the blood streams,lungs or urinary tract

WHO IS AT RISK ?

• Everyone who is in contact with the bacteria

HOW IS IT SPREAD ?

• By contact
• You may get it person to person or object to person
• Ex, touching a person who has it on its skin or touching an object that has the bacteria on them

HOW DOES IT SPREAD IN THE HOSPITAL ?

• Doctors, nurses and employees can get the infection by touching sheets,towels, clothes,dressing ect.
• Also doctors and nurses may carry the infection and become colonized with the bacteria and pass it to a patient who is ill or wounded

HOW TO PREVENT FROM SPREADING

• @Hospital
• Wash you hands ,clean hospital rooms and medical equipment , if visitors are allowed provide them with the right PPE
• @HOME
• If wounded make sure you know how properly take care of it

HOW DO WE TREAT THE DISEASE IN THE HOSPITAL

• MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics and is difficult to treat there are still a few antibiotics that can cure MRSA ,( but those who are colonized with MRSA usually don't need tx
• Serious infections they use vancomycin, linezolid (Zyvox),rifampin (Rifadin),sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (Bactrim, Bactrim DS, Septra, Septra DS, SMZ-TMP DS, Sulfatrim Pediatric).and others).
• Minor infections -topical mupirocin (Bactroban)
• Side effects
• Vancomycin -allergic reaction ,low BP, wheezing ,indigestion, pain in back and chest
• Bactroban-burning,stinging,itching,and pain in body until your body adjust to the medication

WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL OUTCOME FOR THE PATIENT ?

• For 3 weeks in the hospital your total cost is 60,00
• Cost for the total tx is $287,200 or $14,369 per patient
• Colonized patient $128,095 or $1,363 per admission

CITATIONS

• http://www.sfcdcp.org/mrsa.html
• http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/understanding-mrsa
• http://www.cbsnews.com/news/to-stop-mrsas-spread-at-hospitals-decontaminate...
• http://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/pdf/SHEA-mrsa_tagged.pdf
• http://patient.info/health/mrsa-leaflet
• http://www.rxlist.com/bactroban-ointment-side-effects-drug-center.htm