Common infectious disease in the ER

[Neversad]

anybody knows what are the common infectious disease in the ER

[Dinith88]

anybody knows what are the common infectious disease in the ER

Common cold. Typically from snotty kids. And whiny adults.

[AirforceRN, RN]

TB, MRSA, VRE...not all diseases I know but things that get passed around nonetheless

[RedCell]

Stupidity, highly contagious bug. One in three patients seem to catch it. When I used to work there we would try to keep the patients isolated, however it never was effective. I guess they must have been getting exposed in triage.

[Neversad]

TB, MRSA, VRE...not all diseases I know but things that get passed around nonetheless

sorry to ask but VRE stands for? do you know other infectious dse other than these 3

[EmmaG, RN]

sorry to ask but VRE stands for?

Vancomycin resistant enterococcus. A multi-drug resistant organism.

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/biol_hazards/drugresist.html

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/ar/mdroGuideline2006.pdf

[ERnewbieRN, BSN, RN]

Stupidity, highly contagious bug. One in three patients seem to catch it. When I used to work there we would try to keep the patients isolated, however it never was effective. I guess they must have been getting exposed in triage.

[crb613, BSN, RN]

Stupidity, highly contagious bug. One in three patients seem to catch it. When I used to work there we would try to keep the patients isolated, however it never was effective. I guess they must have been getting exposed in triage.

:hhmth::hhmth::hhmth: We had a major outbreak tonight!!

[onmywaytoRN]

anybody knows what are the common infectious disease in the ER

TB, meningitis, shingles, I've seen these in my 5 months in the ER. I am in an inner city level 1.

[MAISY, RN-ER, BSN, RN]

SCABIES! Yuck! TB, all the others previously listed.

Stupidity is definately the most common!:rotfl:

RSV for little kids.

Maisy;)

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

Gastroenteritis. Flu.

[chadash]

:hhmth::hhmth::hhmth: We had a major outbreak tonight!!

It's pandemic...