April Griffin by April Griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve Staphylococcus aureas (Staph) en-us 2019-04-22 15:27:08 UTC 2024-12-29 07:32:49 UTC hello@padlet.com mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353085901 2019-04-22 15:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353085901 Treatments mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088341 MRSA treatments include contacting your doctor if symptoms appear, cover area with clean/dry bandages, clean hands often, and doctors may prescribe an antibiotic (even though most strands are resistant to them)]]> 2019-04-22 15:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088341 mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088378 2019-04-22 15:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088378 Prevention mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088475 MRSA can be prevented by washing your hands regularly, cleaning your body (especially after exercise), not sharing personnel items, no picking or popping sores, and getting treatment as soon as you suspect infection.]]> 2019-04-22 15:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088475 mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088482 2019-04-22 15:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088482 Symptoms mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088560 Symptoms of MRSA depend on the body part affected. They can include: swelling, redness, pain, pus draining, surgical site infections, pneumonia, blood stream infections, skin infections, and fever. Extreme cases will lead to sepsis or death.]]> 2019-04-22 15:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088560 MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas) is caused by the bacteria called Staphylococcus aureas (Staph) mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088584 2019-04-22 15:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088584 It can only be confirmed through lab testing, such as a bacterial or blood culture. mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088592 2019-04-22 15:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088592 mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088612 MRSA

]]> 2019-04-22 15:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088612 Who can get it and how? mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088686 Any one can get MRSA!
MRSA can be spread through contact with a contaminated wound, sharing personnel items (towels, razors, needles), or insertion of a device (catheter). You are most at risk in hospitals, other healthcare facilities, work, communities, school. 
If you have contact with people, you can contact MRSA.]]> 2019-04-22 15:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353088686 Additional information mychele_griffin https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353105703 -MRSA originated in the healthcare setting.
-People who inject drugs are 16x more likely to develop MRSA
-Approximately 5% of patients in US hospitals carry MRSA in their nose or skin. According to the CDC
-In 1961, methicillin was used to test and treat MRSA, which is where it got its name Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas.
-Methicillin is no longer commercially available in the US and oxacillin has replaced it. The name will still remain MRSA instead of changing to ORSA.]]> 2019-04-22 16:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mychele_griffin/2pego0ujqsve/wish/353105703