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OMG ?.....the contents of a patient with possible MRSA EXPLODED all over me today ?. Be honest, what are my chances of getting MRSA if the patient has it??? ?.....(fortunately, none of the contents got into my eyes neither my mouth ??) Thanks guys!!!

Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

I just can't get over the visual of the entire contents of a patient exploding. Talk about a not good very bad day! If I were in the line of fire of a patient explosion the last thing I'd worry about is a little MRSA. Sorry, it was a LONG day at work and my brain is still addled!

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

I, REALLY, need to know... WHAT exploded??? I mean, I have to know.

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So did the whole patient explode? That would have been messy for sure LOL.

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I still don't know WHAT exploded! Was it a giant pulsating cyst? I've seen some crazy videos on Facebook.

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On 3/2/2019 at 10:42 PM, NurseCard said:

I, REALLY, need to know... WHAT exploded??? I mean, I have to know.

Sorry, NurseCard, I do believe OP is a One Thread Wonder who posted Feb. 25 and has not since returned.

As the Man in Black from The Princess Bride said, "Get use to disappointment".

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On 2/25/2019 at 9:20 PM, JenMH88RN said:

OMG ?.....the contents of a patient with possible MRSA EXPLODED all over me today ?. Be honest, what are my chances of getting MRSA if the patient has it??? ?.....(fortunately, none of the contents got into my eyes neither my mouth ??) Thanks guys!!!

I meant to say....the contents of a patients’ peg tube EXPLODED all over me. I was so distraught that I left that part out ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️

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I meant to say the peg tube contents EXPLODED all over me ???

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10 minutes ago, JenMH88RN said:

I meant to say the peg tube contents EXPLODED all over me ???

That's reassuring @JenMH88RN, even though gastric contents seem gross, the pH is usually less than 3, enough to inhibit the growth of bacteria ?.

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Oh ugh, that's bad enough! Ugh ugh ugh I hate when I'm trying to flush a tube and all of that Jevity that's been in the person's stomach, all comes flying back out at me! Gross!

I agree with Juan though, I don't think you have much to worry about on the MRSA tip.

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1 hour ago, JenMH88RN said:

I meant to say....the contents of a patients’ peg tube EXPLODED all over me. I was so distraught that I left that part out ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️

Thank you for returning to answer the burning question we all had..what the heck exploded?? Gross as it is, been there done that and more than a few times. As Juan said the pH of stomach contents is low enough to inhibit bacterial growth so you should be safe from infection.

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