PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Use Contact Precautions when caring for patients with MRSA (colonized, or carrying, and infected). Contact Precautions mean: Whenever possible, patients with MRSA will have a single room or will share a room only with someone else who also has MRSA.

Detailed explanation-2: -MRSA is usually spread through physical contact-not through the air. It is usually spread by direct contact (e.g., skin-to-skin) or contact with a contaminated object.

Detailed explanation-3: -Direct contact can happen when you touch another person’s MRSA infection. Indirect contact can happen when you share items (like towels or razors) or touch surfaces (like hand rails or locker room benches) contaminated with MRSA. MRSA is most likely to spread when it comes into contact with an uncovered cut or scrape.

Detailed explanation-4: -Standard Precautions. These precautions are followed by medical staff when caring for all patients, even those with no known infectious disease. Contact Isolation. Droplet Isolation. Airborne Isolation. 10-Mar-2020