Introduction
Staph stands for staphylococcus aureus, which is a bacterial that is found on the skin or in the nose. A staph infection can turn deadly if the bacterial gets into the bloodstream, joints, bones, lungs or heart (Mayo Clinic June 2011). This paper will show statistics, deaths, and co-morbidities. It will address the causes of staph infections and assess how hospitals deal with issues. This paper will address the role of risk management and infection control. Lastly, the paper will discuss a personal experience will staph infections.
History of Staph Infection is Evolving
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) was brought to light in the eighteen eighties, this infection was mainly found in surgical wounds and had the potential to be a serious fatal disease. The medical treatment for S. aureus infections became routine and successful with the discovery and introduction of antibiotic medicine, such as penicillin. Penicillin became the antibiotics of choice for treating S. aureus, however due to the over use of penicillin nearly 95% of all S. aureus strains developed a resistant’s to penicillin. ‘’The strains could easily be transmissible (easily passing between and colonizing both patients and hospital staff) and have the capacity to cause serious disease”. Methicillin was established in the UK and was giving the name Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). MRSA is bacterial that can resist the effects of many common antibiotics, which makes harder to treat.
Causes of Staph/MRSA infections
Six in-a- half years ago I was introduced to MRSA, many of our patients are MRSA. The hardest part of this disease is that parents don’t fully understand how contagious this disease is. The hospital policy for ...
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...can become a deadly disease. In order to prevent the spread and manage the control of the disease, it is the responsibility of the healthcare providers to inform and educate the public of how contagious the disease is and what is needed to avoid the disease all together.
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