How can i prevent my child from getting mrsa a second time?
Please tell me she is NOT having surgery at the same place again? It is up to the Drs and Nurses to prevent her from contracting MRSA again. They need to be following proper procedures. The best thing you can do is make sure that you and your daughter are not contacting the incision site with unclean hands and watch every move the hospital employees make. Make certain that they wash their hands BEFORE EVERY SINGLE TIME they touch your daughter, or her wound! I would advise that you ask around and see how many others have contracted MRSA from that particular facility and if the numbers are high, arrange for the surgery to take place elsewhere. I know the local surgical center where I am from has a RIDICULOUSLY high rate of MRSA infectections and after someone has quite obviously contracted a staph infection, they will deny it as long as possible, allowing the infection to get even worse. PLEASE, try to get the surgery done at a different facility! I have dealt with numerous MRSA infecti
