If I visit my mother in law in the hospital, can I get MRSA from her?
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It is contagious.
You need to follow ALL isolation protocols of that hospital. That means wearing a gown, mask and gloves whenever you visit. Thoroughly wash your hands after your visit (BEFORE you leave the hospital...there should be sink to wash in close to her room). Do NOT take your sons to visit as there really is no way to adequately protect them (most hospitals have minimum visiting ages anyway and your sons are probably too young).
By observing isolation protocols, you can minimize the risk of transmission.
There should be a sign on your mother's room door that says 'Contact Isolation" and lists all precautions that need to be taken.
I have worked in medicine for years. I have always followed any and all isolation standards and I have never caught anything. I have been in close contact with patients that have MRSA and VRE and many others...I've never had a problem.
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My son was in the hospital on life support 7 months ago and the nurses and doctors kept runing in and out of this babys room with gowns mask and gloves and our nurse had told another nurse never to go in there without all of it cause it is highly contagious i would check with your doctor or even hers but i know that my other three kids were not even allowed down the halls cause of all of the diseases
If she has anything that is contagious they would have the lil' mask on the door with a sign that may say something like CONTAGIOUS WEAR MASK WHEN ENTER ! But if I were you I would leave the kids home until I find out other wise.
You should be ok if you take precautions! The hospital should provide personal protective gear for you...ee...mask, gown, gloves etc... you would really be surprised how many people have MRSA these days!! If I were you i really wouldn't take the baby there since they are more perceptive to diseases! Just make sure you wash your hands thoroughly with anti-bacterial soap before holding the baby after you visit her! Hope she gets better soon! Best Wishes!!
depends on if its in her blood, urine, or the outside of her body. if its in blood or urine, dont come into contact with that, if its on her body, use the gowns and masks the hospital should be providing for u. personally, i would not take my babies if its on her body.
Children are not allowed in isolation rooms. Leave them at home.
MRSA is contagious but not as contagious as you may fear. You will asked to put on protective equipment - cover gown, mask and gloves - before enetring the room. Do it. The Staph bacteria can be transmitted to you if you contact her with your bare hands, brush against her bedding, kiss her on the cheek, etc. MRSA tends to colonize in the nostrils, a favorite place but can also be found in the blood, the sputum, the urine and in wound beds.
Just wear the protective equipment, remove it in the correct manner - first the gloves, then the gown which goes into the special hamper in the room, then the mask. Wash your hands in the patient bathroom and you can use Purell afterward if you like. Do not leave the room wearing these items and avoid touching anything on the way out when you leave.
MRSA doesn't normally adversely affect healthy people. But if you don't follow my advice, you run the risk of both you and your children becoming chronic carriers.
I would NOT take a 6 week old in to see her. However, the 17 month old maybe ok if they keep the mask on that they provide. You will also be asked to wear a mask. It is more for the protection of the people at the hospital then it is for you. You could end up as a carrier for it, but not be sick and then when you leave the hospital you would make other people there carriers which could make the people that are actually at the hospital because of illness 10 times worse.
yes its very contagious. i would keep them away from there and yourself.. i am surprised they didnt tell you that at hospital..
I am a certified phlebotomist, and as such am in contact with many contagious patients. I was trained to ALWAYS follow the prescribed isolation protocol and have never had any problems. It is imperative that these rules be followed exactly in order to protect myself and also to protect the health of the other patients; many of them are already extremely ill with severely compromised immune systems, and could conceivably contract such an opportunistic infection more easily than one with a physically healthy immune system. Also, there is no way I would EVER take small children into a hospital at all! Their risk of infection is just too great. Be very careful, and best of wishes.
YES . Not only can you get it from her - you can get it from a shopping cart or an elevator button . You'd be more likely to catch it in a hospital . It is higly contagious - especialy even if you have a paper cut on your hand & you touch anything infected . It seems to hang around hospitals ; or operating rooms .
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