should someone with a staph infection on antibiotics for less than 24hrs be at work???????????

Question

I know someone with a staph infection who had thought the symtoms were from krohns disease. He has been through a bunch of surgeries to clear up the abcesses and nothing was helping. Now after a year, the doctors diagnosed it properly. he has open wounds.

Answer 1

There is no reason why a person with a staph infection should go home, unless he is in a sterile room like a surgical suite. keep the wound covered. Take the antibotics.

MRSA is a drug resistant version of the hardier staph infection bacteria and results because people dont follow the complete course of antibotics and some of the little buggers survive and develop resistance to antibotics.

Everybody has some staph on thier skin and MRSA is fairly common noe...it was even found on high school football equipment in a rural town near me.

NOT ALL STAPH INFECTIONS ARE MRSA. dont let media attention to a problem scare you.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/staph-infections/DS00973

Answer 2

You mean uncovered wounds?

Does this person have sick days?

I would make an anonymous call from a private phone asking your health department, human benefits or Human Resources what to do. Don't give your name.

If you don't have either, tell the your manager people are talking about it, ask if they know about this, and if they act like they are going to blow it off, go back, use a phone that can't be traced back to you and report it to the Health Department anonymously, so you don't get whistle-blower status.

Please tell me this isn't around children or food preparation.

I actually got a infection on my face from the swimming pool which turned out to be staph, but since I would be fired if I took a day off, I kept teaching. It was gross but the doctor told me to leave it unovered and apply this cream every couple of hours. I washed my hands, used wipes to touch anything. I told everyone I had an infection and had been to the doctor. Everyone stayed WAY away from me. The doctor said that it was transmitted by warm, humid surfaces that made skin contact if that makes you feel any better. Don't touch anything. Wear and toss latex gloves.

So I hope this guy has sick days. There has got to be a policy covering communicable diseases.

Answer 3

The contagious part has already passed. Once the Pt is on antibiotics for at least 12 hours, for staph, they should be alright to be around. As long as you do not endanger him. Yes, we have to be careful. but if your immune system is strong, the danger is to his weak one. Wash your hands, try not to touch anything he has, and remind him that with all that is going on with the MRSA and other immune problems, he would be safer at home until his wounds heal. At some times in our life, we all have staph infections. Pimples, sores, splinters that get infected, that's staph. It lives on our skin, that is why hand washing is so important.
A proper hand wash should be at LEAST 30 seconds long with warm water and soap. Sing the ABC song until it is finished, that is how long you should scrub.

Answer 4

Absolutely not , there are so many people that are still able to catch it at this time especially if the wounds are still oozing , you need to bring it up to the personnel department where ever you work.

Answer 5

No but You should be the one to leave. make up an excuse and leave. have someone call you up and say you got a emergency at home. Get out. MRSA is no joke

Answer 6

Ew, no I don't think so! Hasn't this person heard of MRSA? No open wounds NO OPEN WOUNDS!!!!!

Whatever you do, wash your hands lots and lots. You don't know what this person might have touched.....yuk!

Answer 7

I think he should be sent home....it is a risk to others with open wounds.

Answer 8

NO. This person's condition is contagious.

Answer 9

Absolutely not!

Answer 10

no this person should definitly not be at workl!