Quote From: gwarrior6
If it's true that 70% of ALL people have MRSA (which is incredibly FALSE), every patient I had in NOVEMBER of 2007 would have been in isolation (we screen for it on admission). There was about 3-5% in the hospital at any given time, and we live in a "hot spot" for it (btw, I myself am VERY hygenic before AND after I care for an isolation pt, wash my hands thoroughly and use the alchohol foam on top of it, in addition to gloves, gowns, and masks as necessary). I take MRSA very seriously.
60% of people may have a transient form of plain ol' staph at a given point in their lives, but NOT MRSA. All MRSA is staph, but not ALL staph is MRSA. Some are more predisposed to it than others, and other than good hygiene and proper treatment, there's nothing you can really do about it, you might as well worry the sun will run out of Helium....UGH!
But you have done it again; 3 – 5 % of what. What is the base number?
The nurse’s at the TAMPA V.A. stated to myself and then my later roommate that 70% of the people have it and “WE” both were in the room for MRSA at the time that was late 2007. Like it or not WEB MD is using base numbers and you are not so one can use any number out of the air one wants as a base. The baseline is important for a true picture as “figures do not lie but liars cannot figure” is the old saying. “IF” you are a Doctor / RN you should know the baseline of the health facility you are in. However Web MD is stating that up to 60% of 1000 patients have staph and as many as 46 are MRSA is this a true statement to you? Or is 1000 patients have staph and as many as 34 are infected and 12 are colonized with MRSA? What is closer to the truth as you see it?
