I think the thing to remember is the fact that we ALL have MRSA on our skin. You can disinfect your ambulance and as soon as you step back into it, MRSA is there again. What about VRE or C-diff?? All 3 of these are prominent in nursing homes.
People all over the country are going off half-cocked without having all the necessary facts. The news makes it sound like MRSA is the newest flesh-eating super-bug and it isnt, its been around for eons and again, we all have it. Proper hand-washing after patient contact is essential, but then we all know that.
I realize that people have died....but come on, sending a child home because he/she has a pimple is hysteria and people need to research and educate themselves before flying off the handle.
