Mammy1111

Every nurse I spoke with at the recent Maine State Nurses Association convention said "all of us probably have MRSA colonization". One nurse in particular was very upset at the prospect of ever being screened for MRSA, because of her constant exposur...

I totally agree....once a nurse, always a nurse. I advise family and friends, advocate for them and many others, and read nursing related information and articles all the time. If somebody is in an accident or falls, I'm there! It's in the blood, ...

The problems with MRSA colonized and/or infected Nurses or HCWs. 1. you can spread disease with either condition 2. you don't have infected family members but are constantly exposed to MRSA on your job, yet your employers deny workmans comp for misse...

The gossip, rumor and fright surrounding MRSA colonization and infection in nurses is apalling ot me. It should not be this way. On Friday I am going to particiapte in an OSHA conferrence call as a representative of the Consumers Union. I am a MRSA...

Yes, think of the money they would have to pay. But, why shouldn't they? Nurses are willing to put their lives on the line for patients. Hospitals fail to enact effective preventative measures (in the case of MRSA, ADI)....so they are liable for t...

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/four-percent-healthcare-workers-mrsa-positive/2010-04-07 This study is in the original post.

http://www.shea-online.org/Assets/files/position_papers/SHEA_MRSA_VRE.pdf This is the 2003 SHEA recommendation for MRSA and VRE control. Since 2003, SHEA and CDC both have weakened recommendations rather than enhancing these very effective recommend...

Your husbands experience is exactly the reason that MRSA continues to be a problem in our hospitals. If you share a room with a MRSA patient, you share their MRSA. They use the same bathroom and facilities, and often times the same BP cuff, stethesc...

Decolonization for MRSA...simple decolonizatoin....is generally 5 days of Mupirocin into the nose a couple times per day and 3 to 5 Chlorhexidine baths. My thoughts are that HCWs with newly diagnosed MRSA(either colonization or infection) should au...

It is very personal, but it is also very professional. I have aligned mysel with World renown Epidemiologists, with years of experience and proof that ADI works. Some are known worldwide for their honest and sucessful work in the prevention of MRSA. ...

Try reading thousands of articles, from Medical and nursing journals and all sorts of other media with the same sad news that the MRSA epidemic is growing inside and outside hospitals. Read the couple hundred studies that prove that MRSA ADI greatl...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/17/AR2010051700006.html?hpid=sec-health Just one more disturbing article about MRSA, this time in children.

I will get that to you as soon as i find it in my research articles....this afternoon sometime.

While I do understand your feelings about not being swabbed, I feel that it is unwise. If you are colonized, you are at much higher risk (at least 7 times more likely) of active infection. The things that doctors do differently if you are MRSA col...

It is scientific fact that colonized MRSA can spread. It is also scientific fact that a patient is 7 time more likely to develop an active MRSA infection if they are not decolonized. I am not suggesting that every single colonized person be decolon...

I am using my knowledge to run my home business educating people on the harmful environmental toxins they have in their homes and the effects it has on their health. Even though I am not actively "nursing" I am still helping people. There is more th...

I guess I did misread your quote. I still feel that decolonization is always worthwhile to attempt when the results may be helpful in prevention of an active infection. I had this argument with an epidemiologist when I fought for MRSA screening in M...

You can decolonized someone and some stay decolonized, some don't. To say it can never happen is not accurate. Some will be recolonized after just 3 months. MRSA is transient, but it can be irradicated by following a strict protocol. Admittedly, it...

In 40 years as an RN (not all of them working years) I have reported 2 nurses. One was showing up on the job at midnight, drunk. It wasn't her first time but it was her last time when she came to relieve me. The managers were aware of this and had ...

The Joint Commission is a membership club with heavy dues. They do inspections and all of the facilities managment teams get in a twit about perfecting things while the inspectors are there. So, all's well while they are being inspected only to retu...

I'd love to challenge the management to come and work a shift in our shoes, and see them try to flounder through the 12 hours of endless paperwork and crap that they tell us we have to do.It sure would be an eye opener, but of course THAT would never...

That is awesome! I would love to travel all over like that. Maybe someday.

Do nurses ever really retire? Once a nurse, always a nurse!! I'm not talking about money either. I am talking about how we all end up being resources of info for our families and neighbors. I am talking about how we stop at accidents on highways a...

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I certainly hope the hospital is screening for MRSA for the purpose of prevention rather than escaping blame. If patients are screened on hospital admission they can be isolated or cohorted and contact precautions used. They can also use the result...