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Red Lake Hospital Infection Prevention - March
2011
2011
What is METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)
What does antibiotic resistance mean?
Germs called bacteria may cause infections. Antibiotics are drugs used to treat
infections caused by bacteria. Sometimes these drugs will no longer kill the
germ. This is called antibiotic drug resistance.
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
Staphylococcus aureus or Staph aureus for short, is a germ (bacteria) usually
found on a person’s skin and mucous membrane. It may cause infection on
broken or open wounds. Methicillin is a type of antibiotic used to treat Staph
aureus. If it becomes resistant it is called MRSA (methicillin resistant
staphylococcus aureus). This means that the infection may be more difficult to
treat.
What does MRSA look like?
Most often MRSA is on the skin. These infections may look like any one of the
following:
Large, red, painful bumps under the skin (called boils or abscesses)
A cut that is swollen, not and filled with pus
Blisters filled with pus (called impetigo)
Sores that look like and feel like a spiderbites( However MRSA is not caused by a
spider bite or any other insect).
How did I get MRSA? And How do I know if I have MRSA?
Anyone can get MRSA, You can get it by touching someone or something that
has the bacteria on it and then touching your skin or nose. Your doctor may order
a test sample from your wound, blood, urine, nose or sputum to sent to the lab.
This test is called a culture
Some ways you could get MRSA is:
Touching the infected skin or someone who has MRSA
Using personal items of someone who has MRSA, such as towels, washcloths,
clothes or athletic equipment.
Touch objects such as public phones or doorknobs, that have the MRSA bacteria
and then touching your nose or open sore, paper cut.
Am I contagious? Contact with the infected part of the body is usually what
spreads MRSA. You can spread it if you touch someone with MRSA and do not
wash your hands. Hands may be washed with soap and water for ten seconds or
sanitized with an alcohol-based cleanser.
What will happen if I’m back in the hospital or come to the clinic?
Red Lake Service Unit wants to prevent the spread of MRSA. If you come back to
the hospital you will be placed in isolation again. When you go to the doctor’s
office or to the hospital clinic, you should let your nurse or doctor know you have
MRSA, so they take steps to avoid spreading it to others.
Will I ever get rid of MRSA?
Over time your normal skin organism may take the place of MRSA. You will no
longer be isolated when cultures are negative for MRSA.
Things to remember about living with MRSA
Wash hands often
Take care of yourself
Take good care of your skin
Keep skin infections covered to avoid spreading MRSA to others
Talk with your health care provider at RED LAKE Hospital, if you have any
questions
Red Lake Indian Hospital
Roberta Williams, BSN, RN
Infection Practitioner/Employee Health
(218) 679-3912
What does antibiotic resistance mean?
Germs called bacteria may cause infections. Antibiotics are drugs used to treat
infections caused by bacteria. Sometimes these drugs will no longer kill the
germ. This is called antibiotic drug resistance.
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
Staphylococcus aureus or Staph aureus for short, is a germ (bacteria) usually
found on a person’s skin and mucous membrane. It may cause infection on
broken or open wounds. Methicillin is a type of antibiotic used to treat Staph
aureus. If it becomes resistant it is called MRSA (methicillin resistant
staphylococcus aureus). This means that the infection may be more difficult to
treat.
What does MRSA look like?
Most often MRSA is on the skin. These infections may look like any one of the
following:
Large, red, painful bumps under the skin (called boils or abscesses)
A cut that is swollen, not and filled with pus
Blisters filled with pus (called impetigo)
Sores that look like and feel like a spiderbites( However MRSA is not caused by a
spider bite or any other insect).
How did I get MRSA? And How do I know if I have MRSA?
Anyone can get MRSA, You can get it by touching someone or something that
has the bacteria on it and then touching your skin or nose. Your doctor may order
a test sample from your wound, blood, urine, nose or sputum to sent to the lab.
This test is called a culture
Some ways you could get MRSA is:
Touching the infected skin or someone who has MRSA
Using personal items of someone who has MRSA, such as towels, washcloths,
clothes or athletic equipment.
Touch objects such as public phones or doorknobs, that have the MRSA bacteria
and then touching your nose or open sore, paper cut.
Am I contagious? Contact with the infected part of the body is usually what
spreads MRSA. You can spread it if you touch someone with MRSA and do not
wash your hands. Hands may be washed with soap and water for ten seconds or
sanitized with an alcohol-based cleanser.
What will happen if I’m back in the hospital or come to the clinic?
Red Lake Service Unit wants to prevent the spread of MRSA. If you come back to
the hospital you will be placed in isolation again. When you go to the doctor’s
office or to the hospital clinic, you should let your nurse or doctor know you have
MRSA, so they take steps to avoid spreading it to others.
Will I ever get rid of MRSA?
Over time your normal skin organism may take the place of MRSA. You will no
longer be isolated when cultures are negative for MRSA.
Things to remember about living with MRSA
Wash hands often
Take care of yourself
Take good care of your skin
Keep skin infections covered to avoid spreading MRSA to others
Talk with your health care provider at RED LAKE Hospital, if you have any
questions
Red Lake Indian Hospital
Roberta Williams, BSN, RN
Infection Practitioner/Employee Health
(218) 679-3912
