The hospital bug MRSA is a big concern for many prospective hospital patients. Amongst the main questions that many people have are:
Why did the MRSA hospital bug become so dangerous?
The infection of ordinary Staphylococcal bacteria (which nearly all of us have living on our skin and membranes of our nose and throats) mutated and became resistant to available antibiotics. Hospital patients being weaker, older and sicker than the general population are more vulnerable to MRSA infection. Cramped conditions in hospitals are an ideal environment for the transmission of infections such as MRSA, which can easily be spread by hospital staff who fail to wash their hands at regular intervals.
If hospitals just need cleaned them to get rid of MRSA why dont they do it?
MRSA, amongst other hospital bacteria, has become resistant to methicillin and other antibiotics used in hospital cleaning products, making it very difficult to treat. In the past, skin cleaning amongst hospital staff has been infrequent and ineffective, facilitating the spread of MRSA and other superbugs. However, the NHS is making efforts to counter the spread of hospital bugs by educating it’s staff through its Clean, Safe Care campaign.
Those wishing to discover more about MRSA can find some excellent MRSA resources on the web, including:
- The NHS website, which has expert insight into the infection
- A simple guide to MRSA from the Department of Health
- MRSA UK website has a great deal of insight and information
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