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MRSA Are You Colonized or Infected? Yes I mean you! Yes I have used the word colonized! What do I mean? Please remember that I am a layman and I try to separate hype from reality and hope from fear....
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Balance of Fear and Action The initial panic attacks of MRSA are dying away unless it is in your school, your area, or your home. Good, clear and unambiguous teaching have come to the front of the...
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MRSA – Neither a borrower nor a lender be My mother used to drive into me at every opportunity the saying “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”. She was concerned about debt and the problems that debt...
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MRSA – What's new? The quick answer is nothing. MRSA can still be caught by adults and children in the home, community and in hospital. It still colonizes and spreads to people in sports teams,...
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MRSA – Why aren't we getting the message At home Do your children always wash their hands thoroughly (for at least 10 seconds) after coming into the house and before eating or drinking? Do your...
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MRSA gets right up your nose Yes I literally mean what I say. The MRSA bacteria can be up your nose and in your armpits and crotch. Some hospitals in USA and UK have begun to swab patients noses on...
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MRSA: Hype or Hysteria We are in a world dominated by the media. If the media do not think something is important you will not hear about it. If the media see something as important then it is rammed...
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MRSA vs Clostridium difficile Which is worst? I saw a newspaper article that really made me angry, as it was trying to play one infection (MRSA) against a nasty dose of diarrhea and vomiting called...
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No quick MRSA fixes We live in day when everything is instant or at least very high speed. I was brought up when the quickest way of cooking vegetables was in the pressure cooker. Coffee was instant...
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Risk assessment We are used to hearing the term risk assessment in business and in our financial dealings with individuals and organizations, but we need to pro-actively look at the risks we are...
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Risk assessment – Home We like to do what we want, when we want, and when things go wrong there is always someone else to blame. Unfortunately when it comes to the home the buck stops with the...
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Risk assessment at Hospital/Day Care/Old Persons home As far as MRSA prevention is concerned these places are very similar. So I am grouping them together. There are three separate groups to be...
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Risk assessment – Pets This is a double-edged sword. Pets are a danger to you and your family and are also in danger from you and your family. Pets are your danger. A pet can be an MRSA carrier. In...
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Risk assessment – school Whenever there is a case of MRSA the immediate reaction seems to be to deep clean the school. It may be time to take a careful look at the facilities and establish the worst...
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MRSA Risk assessment – Sports Team Let’s look at the W’s of risk assessment for MRSA in a sports team. I do not care what the sport is. I do not care what level you play at. There may be some...
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What do I do about MRSA? Stop complaining that it is someone else's fault. In the end it is all of our faults and there is no escape from personal responsibility. Stop trying to sue someone, it only...
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