Mammy1111

Mammy1111

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  1. MRSA legislation in Maine

    Mammy1111 replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

    My proposal to for MRSA prevention in the State of Maine finally has a title and LD number. It will be introduced to legislators in the Senate and House in Maine this week. It has taken a lot of work...

  2. MRSA in the family

    Mammy1111 replied to Mistyz's topic in General Nursing

    It makes me angry to think that nurses call patients with MRSA or other HA MDROs patients dirty. My father was one of those patients and he died on Jan 9 because of it. It is the lack of...

  3. Hiring a nurse that's a carrier of MRSA - Can that happen?

    Mammy1111 replied to Halla17's topic in School

    First of all, less than 50% of nurses, more like 30% are colonized for MRSA. But, regardless of that, no hospitals that I am aware of in the US screen new employees for MRSA. If you wish to become...

  4. MRSA in the family

    Mammy1111 replied to Mistyz's topic in General Nursing

    It was not my intention to insult anyone. I am just so tired of inaccurate statements and the ensuing helplessness that is so common around MRSA. My father died of hospital Acquired MRSA pneumonia...

  5. MRSA in the family

    Mammy1111 replied to Mistyz's topic in General Nursing

    The previous statement that almost all nurses are colonized is not accurate, although it is widely believed. The latest stats say that 30 to 40% of us may be colonized. The final verdict on the...

  6. MRSA in the family

    Mammy1111 replied to Mistyz's topic in General Nursing

    Colonized with MRSA means to have MRSA in or on your body without signs of illness like fever, wound drainage, redness, swelling, cough, malaise or other signs of active infection. The test for it is...

  7. MRSA in the family

    Mammy1111 replied to Mistyz's topic in General Nursing

    You are definitely in a quandry. You and your husband will never know for sure where your MRSA came from, unless you can pin it to a recent visit to a health clinic or hospitalization. In any case,...

  8. MRSA colonization and staff

    Mammy1111 replied to oramar's topic in Infectious Disease

    Prudent use of antibiotics is an integral part of a good MRSA prevention policy. I have it in my Maine Proposal. Unnecessary antibiotic treatment just because the patient or family wants it has to...

  9. MRSA legislation in Maine

    Mammy1111 replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

    I think your idea is 100% warranted, and you should do it. I honestly believe the dialog about DROs should be open and honest. All of us caregivers need to be aware of the numbers of infections...

  10. MRSA legislation in Maine

    Mammy1111 replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that edcuation of all care givers (including EMTs) in the area of infection control is essential. Part of my legislative proposal is education, of everybody involved in patient care...

  11. MRSA legislation in Maine

    Mammy1111 replied to Mammy1111's topic in General Nursing

    Although my legislative proposal is about MRSA, my hope is that it will open dialog about other HAIs. I have addressed the issue of MRSA in LTC patients in the proposal. A new form will be added to...

  12. MRSA colonization and staff

    Mammy1111 replied to oramar's topic in Infectious Disease

    I just spoke about my state legislative proposal for MRSA prevention in Maine at an AARP meeting. One woman said her daughter has MRSA and she had to quit nursing because of it. It is not unheard of....

  13. Do Doctors know what Isolation precautions mean??

    Mammy1111 replied to Christean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My father died this month of HA MRSA pneumonia. In his hospital they did NO SCREENING cultures, inconsistant precautions, Isolation only after MRSA diagnosis..which was 8 days into my fathers second...

  14. MRSA colonization and staff

    Mammy1111 replied to oramar's topic in Infectious Disease

    The fact that nurses are constantly exposed to MRSA is quite frightening. I used to do TB testing of employees in an employee health setting. Out of around 5,000 tb tests I did in a 2 year period, I...

  15. MRSA in Multiple Systems?

    Mammy1111 replied to NurseNody's topic in Infectious Disease

    If your patient has MRSA in her sputum, she needs to be isolated or cohorted with another MRSA positive patient. She absolutely can spread MRSA by handling her own sputum and then touching another...

  16. Mrsa

    Mammy1111 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your facility is avoiding the issue by avoiding a written policy on MRSA. Hospital and nursing home administrations can only hide their heads in the sand for so long about MRSA. Someday, somehow,...

  17. Respiratory MRSA

    Mammy1111 replied to sbic56's topic in Infectious Disease

    There is only one legislative proposal for Maine. I wrote it. If you email me privately, I will send you my entire proposal. It will be different in wording once the leigislative writers are...

  18. Doctor postponing surgery over MRSA Colonization (nares)

    Mammy1111 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    If this is any consolation to you, Richard Durbin of Illinois is sponsoring a bill in the Senate to address Hospital Acquired infections. YOu can go on the Consumers Union webpage and write to your...

  19. Doctor postponing surgery over MRSA Colonization (nares)

    Mammy1111 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    And yes, there is a difference between a colonized MRSA patient and an infected or active MRSA patient. The infected patient has symptoms of infection, fever, weakness, drainage from wounds, infected...

  20. Doctor postponing surgery over MRSA Colonization (nares)

    Mammy1111 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    MRSA is contageous whether the patient is colonized or actually infected. If a person touches inside his nose, has MRSA in nares, then touches an uninfected patient or their personal items, he can...

  21. Doctor postponing surgery over MRSA Colonization (nares)

    Mammy1111 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    Isolation is always the first choice. Cohorting is only the second choice. The goal is to NEVER put a MRSA patient, either colonized or infected in with a MRSA negative patient. Precautions, EARLY...

  22. Mrsa

    Mammy1111 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Colonized MRSA in the nares can be spread to other patients and to other parts of the colonized patient's body. They should be isolated or cohorted. Read your CDC and SHEA recommendations. I am...

  23. Respiratory MRSA

    Mammy1111 replied to sbic56's topic in Infectious Disease

    My father just died of HA MRSA pneumonia. He contracted it in his hospital while rehabilitating from a minor ankle fracture While in the hospital, he went from no precautions to full precautions with...

  24. Doctor postponing surgery over MRSA Colonization (nares)

    Mammy1111 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working on MRSA mandates and legislation in the State of Maine. This doctor is doing exactly the right thing by postponing the surgery. Even colonized MRSA can be spread from one...