Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Introduction/Review of Literature Introduction Hospital acquired infections (HAI), also known as healthcare associated infections or nosocomial infections, are infections transmitted to patients while in a hospital or other healthcare facility. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), there were approximately 722,000 patients suffering from hospital acquired infections in the United States in 2011 of whom 75,000 suffered fatalities. Accordingly, hospital acquired…

The 5 modes of action for antimicrobial drugs can affect the cell wall. It affects the peptidoglycan layer on the cell wall. It does this by breaking the peptidoglycan chains apart. An example of a drug is penicillin, methicillin and ampicillin. The second thing they can do is affect the plasma membrane. They do this by breaking up the lipids o the plasma membrane. Some drugs that do this are polymyxin, bacitracin. Most are antibacterial and anti-fungal drugs. The third thing they can do I s…

“More people now die each year of hospital acquired infections than of AIDS, traffic accidents, and the flu combined,” (Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, 2014). Many people believe that healthcare facilities are regularly disinfected, that surfaces and equipment are always sterilized, and that the staff is demanded by law to use hygienic methods all the time, but that may not be the case. The majority of the time, healthcare-associated infections are transmitted from patient to…

75,000 deaths in a year. In this day and age of advanced technology and medical knowledge, this is a frightening statistic. Part of the problem can be contributed to the continued overuse of antibiotics; some infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), are the result of this. In facilities that rely heavily on antiseptics, aseptic techniques, and technology, nosocomial infections are an unacceptable occurrence and cost plaguing our health care system. “According to…

Blackburn 1 MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) has become one of the fastest growing bacteria of the decade. This infection can only be treated by very powerful antibiotics, but it is resistant to some antibiotics. One out of 20 people will get this infection, most will get it from the hospital, but some can get it even before they reach the hospital grounds. There are four different types of the MRSA infection. The first one is the skin infection or also known as Necrotizing…

The most common causative organism of inefctive endocarditis is Staphylococcus aureus (15, 17), and typically causes aggressive infection leasing to poor outcome and complications such as local valvular destruction, diffuse septic emboli and persistent bacteremia (17). Risk factors for endocarditis include injection drug use…

century. By the 1970s, penicillin-resistant strains of the disease had become prevalent in Asia, and migrated from there to the rest of the world. Penicillin was no longer used to treat gonorrhea in the United States after 1987” (Woodward, para 4). Gonorrhea remains a serious global health problem today. It is a sexually transmitted infection that was once completely curable with antibiotics. Now, since the antibiotics used to treat gonorrhea have been classified as resistant, those individuals…

Recommended Testing Lactate Level Blood Cultures X 2 (Different Sites) - Prior to initiating antibiotics Culture Surgical Site and Gram Stain Complete Blood Count with Differential (CBC) Complete Metabolic Profile (CMP) Blood Glucose Monitoring Prothrombin Time (PT) and International Nectrotizing Ratio (INR) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) Urinalysis (UA) and Culture CT Abdomen/Pelvis Radiograph of Right Lower Extremity The given scenario leads this writer to pursue aggressive…

abbreviated TSS criteria for Burn injury As TSS is most commonly associated with staphylococcal infection preventative treatment of prophylactic antibiotics has been advocated (Mulgrew et al. 2014) however, with the increasing appearance of multi resistant infections, blanket use of antibiotics is now being called into question (Chahed et al.…

Introduction Facility Demographic Information Hospitals are required to attempt meeting high quality standards as described in Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections, WHO recognizes that older facilities and facilities in developing countries may not be able to achieve these standards, however the underlying principles should be kept in mind when local planning and changes or revisions are made. (WHO, 2002) The facility assessed is Riverside Hospital, specifically, Orthopedic unit. This is…