mytoby12

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1. stomach contents in my eye and mouth!

   mytoby12 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   Please please be careful. I am at home having to put 2 eye drops in my eyes every 30 minutes and a salve in them twice a day. It feels like battery acid going in my eyes when I put the vancomycin in....

2. stomach contents in my eye and mouth!

   mytoby12 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   I know it has been awhile since this happened to you. But 2 years after having body fluids with MRSA in it , went into my eyes, I came up with MRSA in my eyes. Please get cultured by an eye Dr. Would...

3. How many times can I get sick in one year????

   mytoby12 replied to ILWannabeRN's topic in General Nursing

   AMEN to that. I have seen everything in Oncology. Be safe. If you get exposed to anything, fill out paperwork, be seen by ER, take care of yourself. Dont mean to scare you but it is NOT one of the...

4. So, how many of you have had MRSA

   mytoby12 replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

   YOu are correct from what I am reading. If you got MRSA from the unit, you would probably need vancomycin. Community MRSA doesnt. But I am also reading despite that it doesnt need the Big Guns like...

5. I got MRSA from my JOB

   mytoby12 replied to liteskin_qtee's topic in General Nursing

   There are some ways to tell if you got it from the hospital or the community. From what I am reading and what my Dr. told me, if your strand is not resistant to other antibiotics then it is probably...

6. Water from g-tube splash to face.

   mytoby12 replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Even though this happened in May, go to the Eye Dr. DOnt take a chance. I am sitting here now with MRSA in my eyes from a splash . It is so painful having to put all these drops in every 30 minutes....

7. Chemo Exposure, What to do, Worried, Precautions

   mytoby12 replied to New RN Grad 2008's topic in Oncology

   I work in Oncology and chemo to me is not my biggest worry. It is all the MRSA, VRE, C Diff we have on the floor. I know that is on every floor but with patients who have low immune systems, it is...

8. MRSA exposure???

   mytoby12 replied to moviefan2000's topic in General Nursing

   I am going thru this same thing right now. I was exposed 2 years ago via a JP drain . the pt. had MRSA. I was in the room with the CNA helping turn the patient when it happened. The CNA did not see...