Spread MRSA/VRE: Are They Helpful Or Harmful?

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I think what happened to jay horrible and I wish that he never had to go through that pain. We need to be more cautious about which hospital we go to and make sure they are up to date on precautions and health regulations and make sure the doctors are exceptional in their work. But, even though we try our best we might still come down with MRSA/VRE sometimes we just can’t help it. Things happen and we can’t always fix it but we can do our best to fight it and try to contain it.

There are many things that medical personnel can do to cut the risk of spreading MRSA/VRE tremendously. Focus on medical asepsis (commonly called clean technique) which are the measures taken to control and reduce the number of pathogens present in an area or on an

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