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MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Started by louise s |
Posted: February 19, 2007 at 21:06 | |
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I have chosen a title for coursework my title is 'MRSA- is hospital the best place to be when you are ill?'. If anyone knows of any useful websites or has any opinions i would appreciate it if they could give me their views although majority of the work has to be based on factual reports.Thankyou. 16731
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #1 by Maria |
Posted: February 19, 2007 at 23:12 | |
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Dear Louise There are several good websites you can refer to for your course work. www.mrsaactionuk.net is the website of the charity MRSA Action UK who supports victims, and will provide you with links and information on good practice in hospitals, click on the documents section on the left-hand side of the home page to obtain the following information: Netherlands Search and Destroy Policy MRSA Action UK response to the DOH Consultation on the hygene code Saving Lives Action Plan Tool Action On HCAI in England HCAI Guide - BMA Report 2006 The Health Protection Agency website has some good information on MRSA http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/staphylo/default.htm Also the Royal College of Nursing http://www.rcn.org.uk/resources/mrsa/ If you want to know our opinions there are a lot of postings here that will tell you how the majority would answer your question. Since we are mainly victims the majority opinion will probably be "hospitals are not the safest of places to be when you are ill", can't comment on whether they are the "best" place to be as obviously some care cannot be given at home. If you want an account of what happened to my mum or to my partner's stepfather when in hospital then feel free to email us at derek.butler6@btinternet.com 16736
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #2 by simon |
Posted: February 20, 2007 | |
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dear louise i think you need to get in touch with maria she will be a great help also linda mcaffery and ruth sorry cant remember her last name but you will find it if you look through this sight,believe me 99.99% of the notices on the forum are factual reports and at least you are more likely to get honest answers to your questions best wishes and good delving simon 16742
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #3 by SPARKY |
Posted: February 24, 2007 at 16:54 | |
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dear louise i am doing my coursework on the same tittle a good website is www.mrsa.uk.com 16840
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #4 by linda mccafferty |
Posted: February 24, 2007 at 20:54 | |
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Dear simon , thank you for the vote of confidence that's really nice of you .we are here to help in whatever way we can , maria will be as chuffed as me , and ruth......... where is our ruth ? i think she's left the building again ? only kidding , ruth will be chuffed also, are you reading this ruth ? get back on and do what you do best . 16848
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #5 by jean mack |
Posted: February 25, 2007 at 13:58 | |
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I read all the posts and find them very helpful .I have mrsa and I was wondering can you go into hospital to clean .I mean body wise, I did all the bath gels and wiped everthing in area around my bed .I even wiped myself. and I still caught mrsa is there such a thing as going into hospital to clean .I would like to see some post on this subject . 16862
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #6 by matt |
Posted: February 28, 2007 at 13:02 | |
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hi, erm cya x x x 16920
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #7 by matt |
Posted: February 28, 2007 at 13:03 | |
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hi, erm cya x x x 16921
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #8 by Natalie |
Posted: June 26, 2007 at 19:03 | |
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Hi i have just been set a piece of coursework on the exact sma e topic - it really interests me i also need information so if anyone knows anything please help and please give your opinions thankyouuu x 17844
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #9 by georgie |
Posted: August 6, 2007 at 13:45 | |
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i am also doing it for my biology coursework, and I cannot find any arguments FOR going into hospital - For it being the best place, if anyone has any ideas/websites/references, please reply, georgie xxx 18413
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #10 by georgie |
Posted: August 6, 2007 at 13:48 | |
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i am also doing it for my biology coursework, and I cannot find any arguments FOR going into hospital - For it being the best place, if anyone has any ideas/websites/references, please reply, georgie xxx 18414
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #11 by S |
Posted: August 6, 2007 at 15:24 | |
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HI Try www.hibihealth.com for background information etc... 18415
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #12 by Nancy R |
Posted: August 6, 2007 at 15:37 | |
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I can't comment on articles, but I will tell you this: my infectious disease doctor ALWAYS tries to get me out of the hospital as quickly as possible. It is a breeding ground for so many other bacterias as well as MRSA, which I've had since February of this year. He only sends me long enough to have a PICC line placed and then I'm home the same day. If we had another option (private IV place) I'd actually go there instead. 18417
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #13 by moya |
Posted: August 6, 2007 at 15:58 | |
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Try www.mrsaactionuk.net 18418
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #14 by georgie |
Posted: August 8, 2007 at 13:40 | |
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thanks everyone, but i still cannot find much, i will have to keep searching, thanks though xxx georgie xxx 18452
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #15 by Ruth Wollacott |
Posted: August 8, 2007 at 19:30 | |
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I assume this is A level coursework? I don't know how far you have got but I would suggest the following. The title as given 'MRSA - is hospital the best place to be when you are ill?' wants you to evaluate several pieces of information. The questions it is posing are who is likely to contract MRSA, what age, after what kind of procedure, what measures are adopted to reduce the risk, is it more risky now than previously and, if so, why. You need to have a good understanding of the nature of bacterial infection and therefore a basic history of microbiology, its successes and failures, the key players and events, are all essential to understand the whole picture. The era of antibiotics opened a whole new area of treating infection – who discovered antibiotics and how? How has antibiotic resistance become such a threat after only such a few years? Don’t forget Ignatius Semmelweiss, the Hungarian doctor who died, mad and in penury, after failing to convince the medical profession that the best way to prevent cross infection was to implement a rigorous infection control procedure – in Victorian times that amounted to washing hands between each patient. Already you see the similarities over 150 years. I would suggest that as a first off, you check Wikipedia. Bear in mind that Wikipedia is not 100% true in every case, but cross referencing with other sites should tease out any glaring anomalies in the facts. Wikipedia will also give links to related sites. Those sites which end in ‘ac’ are reliable sites, as the ‘ac’ denotes an academic institution, universities, medical schools etc. Sites which have ‘gov’ in them are government organisations or in some way connected, they should be reliable but the figures are often very optimistic and well below other estimates of the level of infection. However, it is interesting to compare how the DoH portray infection levels with other views, the comparison should be made with both sources cited, in that way you have covered all bases. Beware of websites which have whizzy effects and emotive music, these tend to be rather less factual and rather more touchy-feely, which are possibly useful for personal perspectives on individual cases, but not necessarily good on hard facts. The Lancet and the BMJ are good medical sites, as are PubMed and MedLine, both of which give abstracts for peer-reviewed articles, sometimes the full article is available (always available if you pay) and on each of these sites there is an advanced search which enables you to identify exactly what aspect you are researching. I would also search the quality papers, The Times and The Daily Telegraph – again, both of these sites have an advanced search so that you can gauge the different level of reporting on the incidence of MRSA over time. Press reports also quote which particular report or commission they are covering, which you can then look up to find the primary source of the material. Hansard is a good method by which to track parliamentary debate on any subject – again an advance search facility enables you to search under different parameters. MRSA Support assisted a student with her BA dissertation on MRSA a couple of years, she is now studying for a Masters and I know that Tony Field would be happy to send you a PDF version of her work - that also has a good biblio and references to other work which you may find useful. If you email info@mrsasupport.co.uk Tony will send you a copy. Don’t forget to put every internet publication you read onto your biblio, with a short byline of the content and the date accessed, do it as you go along so that you don’t lose the link. Obviously all printed publications should be cited and referenced in the usual way. The chances of contracting MRSA are considerably greater in hospital than outside, especially in this country where the greater risk is posed by HA-MRSA, which is contracted only in hospital or other healthcare settings. The suggestion that many people 'have' MRSA when they enter hospital is somewhat misleading, especially as there is no dispute that approximately 30% of people are colonised with MRSA at any time. As this colonisation is transient, it would be possible to be clear on entering the hospital but colonised when leaving, even after a short visit. This, however, is very different to 'having' MRSA in the sense of being infected by MRSA, as colonisation goes unnoticed in the ordinary healthy person - it has no effects on that person although the colonised person could transmit MRSA to a vulnerable person, where it could establish itself as an infection. Whereas it is true to say that many people recently admitted to hospital are found to be infected by MRSA, further investigation reveals that these are people very likely to have been discharged from hospital a very short while earlier, not having been tested for MRSA before discharge and then being readmitted a couple of weeks later, suffering the infection. This suggests very strongly that the infection has been contracted during the earlier stay and not that the patient is admitted purely for the reason of having being randomly infected by MRSA after discharge - any person discharged from hospital without being tested could easily be infected by MRSA without their knowledge. When they are readmitted suffering the infection, they are then counted as admitted for the reason of MRSA, rather than MRSA being acknowledged as having been contracted in the last visit. It is for this reason that many people are scared of going into hospital, not for the surgery or treatment for their medical problem but because of the risk of contracting an extremely dangerous infection. I hope some of this has been helpful, it should point you on the right direction. Let us know how it goes. 18458
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #16 by katie |
Posted: May 2, 2008 at 12:31 | |
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hiya i am doin this aswell and i need a bit of help on it now as we are doin this a year earlier as i am onli in year 10 and well i need help plz help lol xxx 20951
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #17 by Sarah |
Posted: June 25, 2008 at 12:22 | |
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Hiya I guess everyone wants to do this 1. I was hoping that people could tell me where people can get infected by MRSA and some reasons about why you a hospital is the best place to be. Thank you 21452
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #18 by linda mccafferty |
Posted: June 25, 2008 at 19:59 | |
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Dear sarah , this seems to be popular !!! there are two types of mrsa HA , Hospital accquired & CA, Community accquired .here in the UK it is more HA, & in the USA more CA . so as you can see......... the best place to be is certainly not a hospital . 21456
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Re: MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when
Reply #19 by Jess |
Posted: July 8, 2008 at 13:07 | |
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Hi, does anyone no any for or against arguments about MRSA- is hospital the best place for you when you are ill? if you find anything that can help me plz can u send me the web link. 21502
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