M R S A In Hospital

[Karen-Coral]

Is it as serious as made out in press?

or dependent on patient/age/etc?

 

[Karen-Coral]

No-one had any experience of this?

 

[jazad]

No-one had any experience of this?

I know of a few people who have contracted this in hosp (a couple of whom have died!)

One very recently...went to get toes amputated and ended up contracting MRSA from the ward floor - don't know prognosis.

All in I think 3 or 4 I know of personally.

z

 

[Karen-Coral]

my dad's just been swabbed in hospital and has it in his nose-

he's in a side room

wondered how controllable it is......and if it's likely to spread further.....

nurses only tell you so much....and what they have to i guess.

we all need to wash our hands entering and leaving-which is fine and how it should always be I would have thought.

 

[meddling]

my dad's just been swabbed in hospital and has it in his nose-he's in a side room

wondered how controllable it is......and if it's likely to spread further.....

nurses only tell you so much....and what they have to i guess.

we all need to wash our hands entering and leaving-which is fine and how it should always be I would have thought.

I think many of us carry it, but it only becomes a risk when it enters an open wound...

...Lots of luck for your Dad :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[jazad]

If he's been swabbed and they've found it early and it's being managed properly I think it's not too bad. Like Medddling says we all carry it it becomes a problem if it gets into a wound and can cause an infection. C-Diff is supposedly much worse.

Good luck :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[hely]

My OH was tested for this before his op on last tuesday.....................i think most hospitals have to now :unsure:

 

[Susan]

Hi Karen.

You might remeber a few yrs back at the Scottish Derby final day, John had to go as his mother looked bad after her heart op. She got mrsa in her right leg. That was years ago and she's just rid of it last year. She had the nurse in about 3 times a week for years. She has recovered ans there walk talk of amputation, but she's still got both legs and out and about now.

Her wound was open. We still went to visit her twice or more a week, with the kids.

Hope your dad is okay :thumbsup:

 

[Julie D]

one in 3 of us have got MRSA, but if you're old/young/immunocompromised like ill in hospital post op etc you are less likely to fight it off.

It's so strong because of the high use/misuse of antibiotics and therefore has become resistant to antibx.

All patients/visitors and staff in hospital should thoroughly wash hands with soap and water , not sit on hospital beds when visiting and practise good hygenic techniques.

Don't be afraid to ask anybody whether they've washed thir hands before they see to you if you're a patient, some wear badges stating 'ask me if I've washed my hands'

My nephew works in pharmacy and says you should never throw unused tablets down the toilet (more antibx getting into water system) and also declutter your medicine cupboard and take ALL OUT OF DATE medicines to local pharmacy to be disposed of correctly. No use keeping them post BBD as the active ingredient won't be as effective.

I was shocked at how old some tablets were in my cupbord :b

 

[Karen-Coral]

Cheers all :thumbsup:

He's not in a very good way-

Been in almost a week now-

Bad reaction to chemotherapy-hasn't eaten for 7 days and drunk very lttle too.

He's on a drip though for his fluids.antibiotics

 

[yvetteshort1]

Hope you dad gets well again :luck: :luck: :luck: :huggles:

 

[boothros]

In our hospital, all admitted patients are screened. Ive heard though that MRSA lives in the nostrils of many healthy surgeons and that if they were all removed from duty until they were cleared, it would dramatically affect the service (although I'm not saying that this is a true statement)

 

[fallenangel]

every time ALexs goes to hospital she had a nosie and groin swab done its regulation if you have been in hospital in the pervoisus 6 months were she goes she had clear swabs for months then got a possative for mrsa. we nearly had a heart attack when we found out the treetments a coures of daily showres washes and noise cream then over a few weeks you have to get 3 clear swobs. whitch alexs did. every time she had to go in while she was undre treetment for it she had her own room but is now clear. We allso asked to be checked just incase and were clear But had to get our GP to do it. My reson was if we had picked it pu we could pass it back to Alexs and it would be a visouse ciurcal like head lice everyone should be checked.

if they didnt do this Alexs would never have been picked up and even though we are odseceive about hand washing and sterlising and making sure everyone else does the one thing I did spot and now comment on is the Drs they come and shake your hand then if they donet examin you move to the next bed and do the same so i refuse now and allso make sure they do there hands so i can see. If you spot anything your not 100% about you must say for every paciant sake the Drs and nurses dont get offended and sometimes on a bussy ard they can just forget so a quick nice remider does help.

 

[Karen-Coral]

another puzzle for you-

been in again tonight-he's still struggling to eat-

but another problem has arisen-

2 weeks hardly moving and his lower back, bottom is very red....

any magic ideas on how to prevent bed sores?

my husband has had one of these before....very nasty!

my dad is going to try and sit in his chair for a while and sleep on his side-

they may change his mattress too-

karen

 

[Crystal]

Hi there - Sudocreme is wonderful for bed sores or similar, we used it on Nan when she had them a few years ago - I use it for lots of things - it won't stop dad getting them but if you treat the ones he has got it will help :luck: Sue x

 

[jezza]

Yes most of us carry it in our noses, it becomes a problem if it enters an open wound. I have just managed to shake off an infection in my nose after about 3 months, I could've gone to the doctors to get some cream which gets rid of it but I thought I'd challenge my immune system instead You can get it on your skin too, usually called impetigo which most people will have heard of. The reason it is such a problem in hospitals is the patients will most likely have a compromised(sp) immune system and many with surgical wounds, making it easy for the infection to take hold.

If he is developing bed sores it will be very important to make sure they don't get infected if the skin breaks. I think the best way to prevent bed sores is to keep the patient as mobile as possible, either sitting him up in different positions or if he is able to move around, walk him around. I have seen many horrific bed sores so I really hope they don't get very bad for him You say he is not eating but if he can be encouraged to do so it will help keep him a bit stronger and more able to fight infection :luck:

 

[Karen-Coral]

Thank you :thumbsup:

 

[Julie D]

the sudocrem, gentle massage and frequent change of position along with an air filled mattress will all help with the bedsores, good luck, I hope you see some improvement in you dad soon.

 

[Schmick]

So sorry to read that your dad is so unwell Karen

We are thinking of you :huggles:

 

[Karen-Coral]

my dad died yesterday-

the cancer moved very fast over only a few weeks-

he died at home as he wished....

karen