Saunders & Watson‚ 2000). The student nurse needs to have a good understanding of MRSA‚ protocols and research and evidence based approaches to deliver safe and appropriate care whilst minimizing risk of cross infection. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a
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Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis Wendy Heck Bio 175: General Microbiology Fall 2012-11-21 Staphylococcus aureus is the most pathogenic for humans and Staphylococcus epidermidis is part of the normal flora and is of low pathogenicity. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus are two medically important species of bacteria. A culture from the nose and throat was taken to perform whether or not Staphylococcus epidermidis or Staphylococcus aureus were detected
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Infectious Disease Tamarra Burnett HCA/240 5/11/2014 Bruce Gould Infectious Disease Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. MRSA is also referred to as the superbug or the flesh eating disease. It is common for patients to contract MRSA in hospital and nursing home facilities. In these particular settings‚ it is often life threatening. The University of Chicago Medicine reports more than 90‚000 Americans suffer
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Does Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening decrease hospital cost? Mary Blackburn-Jackson Kaplan University Nursing Research NU 310 Diane Boyd APN June 30‚ 2011 Abstract Does Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening decrease hospital cost? Nursing has an obligation to their patients to provide the best evidence-based research results‚ to improve nursing care for their patients. There have been numerous researches in the healthcare field‚ which has improved
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Benefits of MRSA MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is responsible for several difficult treatments of infections in humans. Many MRSA infections occur in hospitals and health care facilities with a higher rate in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. There are many solutions that can reduce these infections which are beneficial for people. “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ more than 70 percent of the bacteria that cause hospital-associated
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Introduction Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) was first discovered in the 1880s and is a dangerous and versatile pathogen that causes many types of severe diseases. Most commonly it causes skin infections‚ respiratory tract infections‚ and food poisoning. In the 1940s‚ when the antibiotic medications such as penicillin was discovered and introduced‚ it became a primary treatment for S. aureus infections. However‚ misusing and overusing the use of antibiotics caused the evolution of these bacteria
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resistance is Pseudomonas aeruginosa (soo-daMOE-nus A-ridge-a-NO-sa). Pseudomonas can develop resistance to several antibiotics. Another bacteria is Staphylococcus aureus (STAFF-ee-loeKOK-us OR-i-us). When resistance develops‚ it is commonly called MRSA for methacillin (METH-a-SILL-in) resistant or ORSA for oxacillin (OX-aSILL-in) resistant Staphylococcus
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Public and Community Health HCS 457 Dee Martinez April 08‚ 2014 Week 3 PP Speaker Notes • What additional suggestions for treatment or resolution did you find? There are no additional suggestions for the treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). There are no alternative treatments. Antibiotic treatment is the only way to treat MRSA. A surgical procedure called an incision and drainage (I&D) is when a surgeon cleans out a lesion to help the healing process. Decolonizing
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MRSA Treatment/Vaccine MRSA Skin Infections and Treatments Dermatologists‚ doctors and emergency department physicians typically give two treatments for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). For simple abscesses or boils‚ incision and drainage alone is likely to be the best treatment‚ but antibiotics should be used in patients with cellulitis‚ patients with signs or symptoms of systemic infections‚ or even those with diabetes or compromised immune functions. In the USA
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MRSA in the World Methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus aureus‚ also known as MRSA‚ is any strain of the bacteria S.aureus that has evolved a resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics‚ which includes the penicillin and cephalosporin family. This creates world-wide concern because there aren’t too many antibiotics left to treat S. aureus if the drug evolves greater resistances to stronger antibiotics. MRSA is one of the top leading causes of nosocomial acquired infections. According to an article
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