My best friend is going into hospital tomorrow and she?

Question

is so afraid of MRSA, she decided to take all her own cleaning stuff with her. Including a large bottle of disinfectant . I know she is going to clean the toilets, wash hand basin, her locker and her table they put her food on. Is this normal behavior.??

Answer 1

yes i would do the same and i`m a nurse in the nhs
tell her to have the treatment and to get out as soon as possible
she should be swob for mrsa when she first arrives

Answer 2

Whats the world coming to when you are afraid to go into a modern hospital. It should be com-man sense that being clean 100% is the norm in such places. Blame the money saving ideas on this situation. Also not properly training cleaning staff. A simple way to avoid this awfull MRSA.

Answer 3

Better safe than sorry! I went into a room in my local hospital and found someone had dropped cheese from a sandwich all over the floor and none of the nurses bother to clean it up. But my baby was admitted the other week, I have noticed that the doctors and nurses have become very obsessed with cleaning their hands now.
If your friend was staying after a major operation, I think she's doing the right thing.

Answer 4

It still mightn't be enough! The main thing she should insist on is that anyone dealing with her should wash their hands in her sight. Most hospitals will have handwashing techniques posted at every sink - she should read these and familiarise herself with them, so that if someone just sluices off she can prompt them to do a better job.

Handwashing should be done regardless of whether someone wears gloves or not. It is the single most important factor in the spread of MRSA.

Answer 5

i guess she may be a little paranoid, but personally, i can't say i blame her. better safe than sorry. mind u, my partner went into hospital a couple of weeks ago, and the hygiene routine that the nurses had was pretty good. there was a bottle of anti bacterial hand spray at the end of each bed, and the nurses would clean their hands b4 dealing with each patient. i think the areas she needs to be most careful around are the toilets and bathroom areas. i hope she feels better soon.

Answer 6

A friend of my sister was sent to a hospital 30 miles away because of the MRSA infection at local one.
One of the best tips is to wash your hands before you eat.

Answer 7

When I was in the hospital I was to sick to worry about the other germs, I was more concerned about the woman across the hall smoking a cigarette in her bathroom while she was on oxygen, I guess she was thinking about blowing the germs out of the toilet. I don't see how she will feel like cleaning,you can't live in a bubble.

Answer 8

They may well take it off her , They are responsible for COSHH (control of substances hazardous to health) and if these are in her locker, they are in reach of other people and may cause harm.

Besides, she should have a little faith! No other country has an NHS like ours so unless she wants to pay to go private she should count her blessings.

Answer 9

well, its normal if she's that worried about it, however, it wont do her a bit of good. is there is staph going at the hospital chances are commercial stuff can only get rid of some of it, the stuff she purchased wont cut it.

staph also lives on our skin, you can get it at any time. it's not possible to kill all germs associated with staph in a normal setting, let alone a hospital.

Answer 10

I think she is bonkers. Talk about paranoia. I think she needs to realise the biggest source of MRSA comes from the patients themselves who carry it. Oh and visitors.