During treatment, you may need to stay in your own room or in a ward with other people who have an MRSA infection to help stop it spreading. You can normally still have visitors, but it's important they take precautions to prevent MRSA spreading. If you're staying in hospital, there are some simple things you can do to reduce your risk of getting or spreading MRSA.
If you're visiting someone in hospital, clean your hands before and after entering the ward and before touching the person. Gel or wipes are often placed by patients' beds and at the entrance to wards.
It's also a good idea to put a dressing over any breaks in your skin, such as sores or cuts, to stop MRSA getting into your body. Get more advice about visiting someone in hospital. This video explains how MRSA is caught, what happens when you have it and how to prevent infection.
Page last reviewed: 24 March Next review due: 24 March You can get MRSA on your skin by: touching someone who has it sharing things like towels, sheets and clothes with someone who has MRSA on their skin touching surfaces or objects that have MRSA on them Getting MRSA on your skin will not make you ill, and it may go away in a few hours, days, weeks or months without you noticing. People staying in hospital are most at risk of this happening because: they often have a way for the bacteria to get into their body, such as a wound, burn , feeding tube, drip into a vein, or urinary catheter they may have other serious health problems that mean their body is less able to fight off the bacteria they're in close contact with a large number of people, so the bacteria can spread more easily Healthy people, including children and pregnant women, are not usually at risk of MRSA infections.
If MRSA gets deeper into your skin, it can cause: swelling warmth pain pus redness, but this may be less visible on darker skin If it gets further into your body, it can also cause: a high temperature chills aches and pains dizziness confusion Tell a member of staff if you get these symptoms while in hospital.
Screening and testing for MRSA If you need to go into hospital and it's likely you'll be staying overnight, you may have a simple screening test to check your skin for MRSA before you're admitted. The results will be available within a few days.
When treated in time, the outlook in most cases is good. Once the infection is resolved, Hultman says it is a good idea to be tested to see if you are a carrier. You can spread MRSA to other people if their skin touches the infected area, so keep the sore bandaged and protected. Be careful to wash all of your clothing, bed linens, towels, etc.
Health Home Conditions and Diseases. The area is swollen, oozing and hot to the touch. What is MRSA? Worse-Than-Usual Pain or Fever If a minor skin injury starts to hurt — a lot, much more than seems normal — be on the lookout.
The risk increases with activities or places that involve crowding, skin-to-skin contact, and shared equipment or supplies. Non-intact skin, such as when there are abrasions or incisions, is often the site of an MRSA infection. Athletes, daycare and school students, military personnel in barracks, and those who receive inpatient medical care or have surgery or medical devices inserted in their body are at higher risk of MRSA infection.
Vital Signs: Staph infections can kill [ Mins] external icon. MRSA is usually spread in the community by contact with infected people or things that are carrying the bacteria. This includes through contact with a contaminated wound or by sharing personal items, such as towels or razors, that have touched infected skin. The opioid epidemic may also be connected to the rise of staph infections in communities.
People who inject drugs are 16 times more likely to develop a serious staph infection. More about injection drug use and risk of infection on this factsheet pdf icon [PDF — 2 pages]. The symptoms of a MRSA infection depend on the part of the body that is infected. For example, people with MRSA skin infections often can get swelling, warmth, redness, and pain in infected skin. In most cases it is hard to tell if an infection is due to MRSA or another type of bacteria without laboratory tests that your doctor can order.
Some MRSA skin infections can have a fairly typical appearance and can be confused with a spider bite. However, unless you actually see the spider, the irritation is likely not a spider bite. Most S. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate.
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