Nurses as vectors

[nurse2beeinthefuture]

Can we be considerd a vector. When carring for one patient then going to the next are we at risk for spreading a disease? Im interested in do a research thesis on this area including nosocomial infections and such. But Im new to my nursing studies and dont know what questions that I would need to address and how to approach this idea. Can anyone help?:paw:

[Retired R.N.]

Have you studied microbiology yet?

[Dinith88]

Can we be considerd a vector. When carring for one patient then going to the next are we at risk for spreading a disease? Im interested in do a research thesis on this area including nosocomial infections and such. But Im new to my nursing studies and dont know what questions that I would need to address and how to approach this idea. Can anyone help?:paw:

everyone who cares for cooty-carrying-infected types are ideal vectors. In fact, it's been proven that something like 50-75% of nurses (i made this number up, but i'm sure someone else knows it) carry MRSA in our noses...yuck. So, one good sneeze and your patient gets sprayed by your resident MRSA.

and thats not to mention the gazillions of other things nurses carry in their noses...and under their finger nails...and on our shoes...and...

Moral of the story: a good thesis for you is the importance of hand washing, sneezing in your elbow, and the avoidance of nose-picking.