VRE is vancomycin resistant enterococcus. My mom has contracted this in ICU we are still visiting her and wear a gown and gloves. My sister was exposed to this before she found out she was pregnant.
2006-09-20 09:58:08 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
it is dangerous for ANYONE to be exposed to VRE!!! Why do you think you wore gown and gloves to visit your mom? Strongly recommend your sister tell her OB doc about the exposure so he can test her.
2006-09-20 10:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is dangerous. She should call her OB and tell him first thing in the AM. But don't rush to hasty conclusions. You need to consider factors first.
1. Where is your mother's VRE inferction? Was your sister in contact with any of the fluid or pus, or if it is in her throat or lungs, then was she exposed to droplet contact (ie: coughing or sneezing)?
2. Did she have any open areas where the VRE could enter her body? This would be open wounds cuts, pimples. If her skin was intact and her body covered with clothing, then the risk is minimized some.
3. How has she been feeling in general? Pregnancy aside, does she have a fever, new cough, yellow or green sputum production or festering sore? If so she should go to an ER tonight and tell them the whole story.
4. If the nurses who were caring for her before you were asked to wear gowns and mask or gloves are well (they probably didn't use extra protection other than gloves until her VRE status was known) then your sister's likelyhood of contact was low, they are more likely to have contact before your sister. If they are well take some comfort in that.
Your sister could have been exposed if she visited your mom at home when she wasn't feeling well, that's always a possibility, because unless your mom got the VRE as a hospital aqquired infection, then she brought it from home or it was the cause of the illness for which she was admitted. Remember that culture and sensitivity studies take 3-5 days to get results, so the hospital could have admitted her not knowing that this was one of or the cause of her illness.
There's no one simple answer. I've tried to give you a guideline with which to judge the risk, for everyone in the family. But the bottom line is that your pregnant sister must contact her doctor and let him know about this. Ultimately, it's up for her and her OB practitioner to decide what course of action is
appropriate.
Stay healthy.
2006-09-20 15:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by sandra j 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 08:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋