Correct me - MRSA

[CoffeeRTC]

How are you saying MRSA? I've heard it many different ways.

Mar sa

Mer sa

M R S A

[nursemary9, BSN, RN]

We say "mersa" or M. R. S. A. Docs, labs folks, nurses, etc., all say it either way.

I'm ok with that.

We call heart bypass a "cabbage" after all (CABG).

steph

We do exactly the same ---mer sa or M.R.S.A.

also we call it cabbage

[CHATSDALE]

mrsa

i had never heard of mer-sa until the media took up the hue/cry

i have heard of cabbage in getting report but in years on a cardiac surgery floor i only heard used a couple of times by personnel

regional thing i guess

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

mrsa

i had never heard of mer-sa until the media took up the hue/cry

i have heard of cabbage in getting report but in years on a cardiac surgery floor i only heard used a couple of times by personnel

regional thing i guess

I came into nursing in my late 30's/early 40's and thought medical terms were weird. . . . I had a hard time writing SOB because to me it meant a profanity. Now I write it w/o even thinking about it.

Everyone says cabbage here . . . especially in CCU.

steph

[carrie13]

I hear it referred to as mer-sa much more than M.R.S.A

[June55Baby]

this is just driving me crazy. i am so sick of hearing m.e.r.s.a... how about mrsa and leave it at that. what's up with all the cutzie nicknames for a rotten bacteria.

you are right about the cutsie nick names! won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies mersa!

where i'm from we call it m.r.s.a.

[mauxtav8r]

You are right about the cutsie nick names! Won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies Mersa!

This is no joke . . . too bad I'm laughing so hard . . .

[NurseCard, ADN]

I have heard "cabbage" too, and M.R.S.A, but I've also heard it called "mer-sa". That gets under my skin, though.

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

Mer-sa...

[Sabby_NC]

You are right about the cutsie nick names! Won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies Mersa!

Where I'm from we call it M.R.S.A.

LOL I chuckled when I read this but oh so true...

M.R.S.A here!!!

[TXstudentRN]

You are right about the cutsie nick names! Won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies Mersa!

Where I'm from we call it M.R.S.A.

I know a Mersai... close enough for me, even though it's pronounced mer-sigh. Oh the world we live in!

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

Here in Connecticut the news and laypeople call it mer sa.

but I've heard medical professionals call it mer sa and M R S A

either way its a nasty bug

[NurseBranch]

When I first started my CNA classes my instructor would always talk about an infection called "Mercer" we needed to be aware of. Not having any education, I kept googling and trying to research Mercer to no avail. I did not know what she was talking about until I put 2 and 2 together at the nursing home and realized what she was talking about.

However, at my hospital, we say Mer-sa.