An Overview of MRSA

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An Overview of MRSA

• Presented by the Taney County Health Department

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What Is MRSA?

• M ethicillin
• R esistant
• S taphylococcus
• A ureus

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What Is Staph?

• Staph is a bacteria commonly carried on the skin
  or in the nose of healthy people
• It is the most common cause of skin infections in
  the united states
• Most of these skin infections (pimples and boils)
  can be treated without antibiotics
• Staph may also cause serious infections (surgical
  wound infections,pneumonia)

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Antibiotic Resistant Staph

• Methicillin resistant Staph aureus is a type of
  staph that is resistant to a family of
  antibiotics commonly used to treat staph
  infections
• These antibiotics include methicillin, oxacillin,
  nafcillin, penicillin, and amoxicillin
• MRSA affects about 1 of the population

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Where Does MRSA Occur?

• Most often occurs among persons in hospitals and
  healthcare facilities (nursing homes and dialysis
  centers) who have weakened immune systems
• MRSA can also cause illness in persons outside of
  hospitals and healthcare facilities
• This is known as community-associated MRSA or
  CA-MRSA

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How Does CA-MRSA Occur?

• Usually begins with an injury to the skin such as
  a cut or scrape which allows the bacteria to
  enter the skin and cause an infection
• Some of the symptoms include Redness, warmth,
  swelling, tenderness of the skin, and boils or
  blisters
• May be mistaken as a spider bite

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Some Things That Make It Easier for staph to Be
Transmitted

• Remember the 5cs
• C rowding
• C ontact (frequent skin to skin contact)
• C ompromised skin (i.e. Cuts or abrasions)
• C ontaminated items and surfaces (towels,
  exercise equipment)
• C leanliness lack thereof

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The Most Common Location for the 5cs Include

• Schools
• Dormitories
• Military barracks
• Households
• Correctional facilities
• Child care centers

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What can I do to protect myself?

• Wash your hands with soap and water or use an
  alcohol-based hand sanitizer
• Shower after working out
• Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a
  bandage until healed
• Avoid contact with other peoples wounds or
  bandages

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Protect Yourself cont

• Avoid sharing personal items such as towels or
  razors
• Use a barrier(e.g.Clothing or a towel) between
  your skin and shared equipment(e.g. Exercise
  equipment in a gym), and wipe the surfaces of the
  equipment before and after use.

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What Should I Do If I Think I May Have MRSA?

• See your health care provider
• Most staph infections,including those caused by
  MRSA, are treatable with antibiotics
• If prescribed an antibiotic, take all of the
  doses, even if the infection is getting better,
  unless your doctor tells you to stop taking it

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What to Do If You Have MRSA

• Do not share antibiotics with other people or
  save unfinished antibiotics to use another time
• Many staph infections may be treated by draining
  the abscess or boil and may not require
  antibiotics
• If the infection does not get better within a few
  days after visiting your healthcare provider,
  contact them again

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What to Do If You Have MRSA

• Cover your wound with clean, dry bandages until
  healed
• Follow your healthcare providers instructions on
  proper wound care. Keeping the infection covered
  will help prevent the spread to others
• Bandages and tape can be disposed of in the the
  regular trash

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