Infection Control: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- 1 University of Phoenix, United States
- 2 Mississippi Valley State University, United States
Abstract
Health care personnel come into contact with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on a daily basis. Emergency practitioners must become aware of the trend toward community and health care acquired infections and how to treat and prevent them. Medication treatment is specific to each infection. Disease prevention is mandatory to keep the number of cases decreasing. In this study, a survey of literature has been conducted on the evolution of health care acquired infection based on level of evidence. Early identification and isolation for MRSA at the point of patient entry can prevent MRSA spread and Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2015.74.82
Copyright: © 2015 Cheryl Ann Alexander and Lidong Wang. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Infection Control
- Health Assessment
- Medication Management
- Disease Prevention Emergency Room
- Intensive Care
- Nursing