Superbug The Fatal Menace of MRSA Essays - , Term Papers

Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA MRSA should not be taken lightly. Everything Jay had to endure due to MRSA is definitely an eye-opener. No one should suffer one of the hospital visits that Jay experienced, much less years of them. You think you are going to the hospital to get better only to realize that you can potentially become more ill. My grandmother always says, Why would I go to the hospital for a cold and risk getting something worse? Now I can understand why she thinks that way. I have come to learn that viruses seem to be a few thousand steps ahead of medical science. In all of the efforts to contain and eliminate MRSA, there is no denying its presence and impact on the human race. Unless an effort is successful, this can become a true epidemic. This dilemma can also create a genuine hesitance for the average person to want to seek help from a hospital or medical care facility, which ultimately can have a domino effect in regards to other illnesses. In my opinion, there needs to be a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to the spread through hospital staff. So many deaths could have been prevented had hospitals enforced stricter regulations. The staff should take greater precautions in how they handle their patients and more importantly, themselves. Until extra safety measures are made to contain the spread, I do not believe hospitals can be 100% safe, partly because of the negligence of hospital personnel. Because of the huge widespread of MRSA, it is obvious that hospitals are not doing their part to isolate and contain, rather vcxzcarelessness of many hospital staff are to blame for so many deaths. Re-using hospital equipment between patients is a great factor in the widespread of MRSA. Not only would I put a stop to that, but if I were in charge, I would require each staff member be tested before and after their shifts for any drug-resistant, contagious virus. Once a member has tested positive, isolation is key. The next step would be to then test and isolate any patient/staff who has been in contact with positive staff member. Once isolated, remove any fabric materials from their rooms, and have the staff members who are caring for the infected patients discard of their clothing and heavily shower after each contact. This may seem extreme and one can argue that these changes can be costly for a hospital, but I am sure that these costs do not come close to that of a potential MRSA spread in a hospital. After all, can you really put a price on one persons life, much less thousands?