My relative has just found out she has got M R S A my children have been to see her are my children safe?

Answer 1

MRSA rarely, if ever, presents a danger to the general public. This bacterium is usually confined to hospitals and in particular to vulnerable or debilitated patients. MRSA does not pose a risk to the health of your children, unless they are suffering from a debilitating disease. Therefore friends or family of such a patient need not take any special precautions and should not be discouraged from normal social contact.

Before you and your children return home wash your hand really good for quality control purposes.

Answer 2

I helped my neighbor when she was in labor and it wasn't until I had been there for several hours that she told me and the hospital staff that she had tested positive for MRSA in the past. Your children may have come into contact but unless they had a gaping wound, which would by now have sent them to the hospital, it isn't a big problem. We all have Staph. aureus on our skin most of the time. If your kids had Methycillin-resistant Staph. aureus on them, it wouldn't be a cause for concern unless there was an open would to infect. Even ingested, they would digest it and it would cause problems. Good hand-washing (and if ou are eally freaked, a bath) after visiting is all that is required. If you notice a fever or a seriously infected scratch etc on them, take them in otherwise don't worry. MRSA is a big concern in hospitals because it is resistant to treatment by antibiotics so it can do some serious damage to people who are already sick. If you continue to be concerned, talk with your doctor or the Public Health Nurse.

Answer 3

If they start exhibiting signs of fever/illness, get them to the emergency room. TELL the staff that they were recently exposed to MRSA or they may be misdiagnosed with a simple cold/flu. It's critical to inform them because MRSA has a fatality rate of 34% of infected patients. How long ago was the visit? Keep in mind any illness can have an incubation period of a couple of weeks. So if they saw this relative a month ago, they should be already showing signs of illness if infected. Follow the link provided for more information about MRSA.

Answer 4

Please elaborate you would probably get more answers.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a specific strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium that has developed antibiotic resistance to all penicillins, including methicillin and other narrow-spectrum β-lactamase-resistant penicillin antibiotics.[1] The resistant strain, MRSA was first discovered in the UK in 1961 and is now widespread, particularly in the hospital setting where it is commonly termed a superbug.

MRSA may also be known as oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) and multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, while non-methicillin resistant strains of S. aureus are sometimes called methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) if an explicit distinction must be made.

Although MRSA has traditionally been seen as a hospital-associated infection, community-acquired MRSA strains have appeared in recent years, notably in the US and Australia.[2] The abbreviations CA-MRSA (community-associated MRSA) and HA-MRSA (hospital-associated MRSA) are now commonly seen in medical literature.

I copied this from the link provided by Sovereign

Answer 5

Check this out and maybe u can find your answers.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus - 75k - Here's another one www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ARESIST/mrsa.htm - 3k - One more www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa.html - 11k

Answer 6

Please go to this web site and read about it. MRSA is contages if touched by the persone infected.Sorry!!!!!!!! Hope this helps.

Answer 7

whats mrsa?