Hey blogland, I'm afraid of getting MRSA

[DrenDran]

I haven't made a topic in off topic in quite a while, but since I'm back to host for a bit and really have no idea where else I can post this, here goes:

So I work a pretty mundane job, I strip and rewax floors, spray water on carpets and vacuum it up, scrub bathroom tiles, etc. Tonight however I was told I was going to go someplace to just do some light dusting. I was pretty happy at this, since it's basically just busy work and you can sit around after the first hour or so and no one minds. So it was about 9:30pm and I thought I was gonna get off soon for an early weekend. (Shift ends 12:30-1am) But my boss called me up and said to drop my coworker off and go over to a medical clinic because they had some emergency. I wasn't told what this was, but the last time I was told about an "emergency" it was that the AC broke and I had to clean up a puddle of water. So I brushed it off and headed over.

When I got there me and 5 other people who arrived were given cotton face masks which cover your nose and mouth, some goggles, gloves, and a thin suit to put over your clothes. We were lead into a small office with like a dozen cubicles and told to spray everything with disinfectant. As we did this we were told there was a MRSA (if that's how you spell it) outbreak and to be careful. I really have no clue about this disease but I don't think the masks we wore were anti-viral and there may have been small gaps where the face ended and the suit began as well as where the gloves ended and the suit began. We were in there about an hour, and after we were done I spent a long time washing myself with soap and hand sanitizer as well as putting my old clothes in my washer, using mouthwash, and taking a shower.

tl;dr  I have no idea what MRSA is but we cleaned it up with protection that doesn't seem that heavy. Guess I should figure out how long it takes to get symptoms.

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[shitlord]

did you seriously not even think to google what mrsa is before even making the thread

its just a strain of antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause infections and other stupid stuff

[Flowey]

Coming from the Wikipedia article

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (/ɛmɑːrɛseɪ/ or /ˈmɜːrsə/) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. MRSA is any strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has developed, through horizontal gene transfer and natural selection, multi- resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (methicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, etc.) and the cephalosporins. Strains unable to resist these antibiotics are classified as methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, or MSSA. The evolution of such resistance does not cause the organism to be more intrinsically virulent than strains of S. aureus that have no antibiotic resistance, but resistance does make MRSA infection more difficult to treat with standard types of antibiotics and thus more dangerous.

MRSA is especially troublesome in hospitals, prisons, and nursing homes, where patients with open wounds, invasive devices, and weakened immune systems are at greater risk of nosocomial infection (hospital-acquired infection) than the general public. MRSA began as a hospital-acquired infection, but has developed limited endemic status and is now sometimes community-acquired as well as livestock-acquired. The terms HA-MRSA (healthcare-associated MRSA), CA-MRSA (community-associated MRSA) and LA-MRSA (livestock-associated) reflect this distinction.

TL;DR

It's a disease that is difficult to treat.

did you seriously not even think to google what mrsa is before even making the thread

its just a strain of antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause infections and other stupid stuff

what he said

[DrenDran]

did you seriously not even think to google what mrsa is before even making the thread

its just a strain of antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause infections and other stupid stuff

I wanted to get my thoughts out for a topic since this is more about me than the disease. I figured I could go do the research after.


Anyway, if it's anti-biotic resistant that does it mean it's immune to something like hand-sanitizer as well?

[Ipquarx]

If you're really worried go to a doctor and ask them to test you for MRSA. It's apparently got an easy test and it might be better safe than sorry as MRSA is apparently a slightly difficult to treat infection.

[TheABELBOTO]

better rev up those hand sanitizer dispensers op

[Red Spy]

If you're really worried go to a doctor and ask them to test you for MRSA.

[WaterOre]

better rev up those hand sanitizer dispensers op

iirc, hand sanitizer is one of the things that's made this problem worse than it should be

[TheABELBOTO]

iirc, hand sanitizer is one of the things that's made this problem worse than it should be

shhhh

[DrenDran]

shhhh

iirc, hand sanitizer is one of the things that's made this problem worse than it should be

It's because it helps bacteria evolve immunity, right?

But for me specifically hand sanitizer shouldn't make things worse.

[Frankie²]

if you weren't given adequate gear to prevent such a disease where it was likely osha would have a field day with something like that

[SeventhSandwich]

iirc, hand sanitizer is one of the things that's made this problem worse than it should be

It's because it helps bacteria evolve immunity, right?

This is wrong. Alcohol-based sanitizers kill pathogens in a fashion that they cannot adapt to. Anti-hand-sanitizer hysteria is comparable to worrying about the plague developing fire-resistance after burning corpses.

[Placid]

it's not fun, i can tell you that. one of my friends in high school had it on his chin from wrestling and it stayed for a good 2-3 months. not fun, good luck

[DrenDran]

it's not fun, i can tell you that. one of my friends in high school had it on his chin from wrestling and it stayed for a good 2-3 months. not fun, good luck

Wait, is it mostly a skin thing?

[sorrel]

as long as you didn't rub yourself across the floor like a snail and washed yourself pretty good you'll be fine
its spread by skin, mostly open wounds and or sharing personal items like razors or toothbrushes etc

Anyone can get MRSA on their body from contact with an infected wound or by sharing personal items, such as towels or razors, that have touched infected skin. MRSA infection risk can be increased when a person is in activities or places that involve crowding, skin-to-skin contact, and shared equipment or supplies.Mar 25, 2016