worried about mrsa after c- section

[rolan69]

hi , i have a wierd question i have been reading about mrsa in hospitals and i am worried about mrsa after my c- section . how much do i have to worry if the hospital in which i am to give birth has had previous cases in which patients have been infected whith the deadly bacteria , i am not sure what type of patients have been infected just that there have been cases (over 100) in one hospital i am very scared can you please write back and let me know what the chances are of getting infected after surgery and what i can do to help my chances of not getting infected thank you

[agomez333]

I also work in the hospital (ER) where MRSA is spreading like crazy. The most important thing you can do to prevent it is by washing your hands with soap and water continuosly. The foam sanitizers and anibacterial gels do not kill MRSA. Only soap andwater does. Also, do not let anyone touch you unless you see them wash their hands first. OSHA regulations state you are to wash ur hands upon entering a pts room and leaving the patients room so they see you. Also they need t wear gloves at alltimes when touching you. MRSA is not airborn but a contact germ. You can get it from touching the toilet, door handle, ect. Thats why you must Wash hands frequently, especially before touching the baby. Anyone who is going to touch and handle the baby need to wash their hands first and if they tell you they just did but you didn't see them, make them wash them again!
I'm sure you'll befine just following simple hygene... Good luck!!

[xinerevelle]

MRSA is in every hospital and many other places in the community. I got it in my c-section incision, and with my next pregnancy I've switched doctors and hospitals... but more for how I was treated during my stay than any cleanliness issues at the hospital.

Insist that EVERY person who touches you have on gloves and make sure that you watch them wash their hands. I still do this, 2 years after my infection. I especially do this when the medical staff person is dealing with an opening in my body, such as drawing blood, closing a wound, etc. I also make sure that they do this with my daughter (she's had several surgeries since birth).

Good luck!

[KellyA74]

I totally understand your concern but I have to say that it's not as big of a deal as they make it out to be...I've been an RN for many years now, come into contact with it ALL the time....like I generally have at least 2 patients per shift with it.......It's spreading like wildfire thru our hospital right now too......It's mostly spread by getting into an open wound, so like one of the others said, if you end up with a C-section, just make sure that anyone that comes into contact with your wound (yourself included) wears gloves.  I'm not sure about the airborne as was mentioned, if it were airborne masks would be required (as with TB) but they are not.  It's not a deadly disease either...tons of people live with it....It just means that your 'immune' to certain antibiotics....Try not to stress and just make sure that staff wears gloves!!!  Best of luck!

[martikadragoon]

it really depends. just keep your wound clean and if you have to dress it at all, use gloves and such. K? MRSA is common yet uncommon. If they are worried about it then they'll want to catch it early and start broad spectrum antibiotics (sometimes they aren't sure it's MRSA and want to wait to get a culture back.)

[Zet1]

Thats terrible - the only thing i could find on the web is that you should wash hands - wear a gown over your cloths to minimize airborne bacteria on you.   It's all airborne transmission so you can pick it up from the door handle, table ext.  Best is to be consciously aware to keep yourself clean - don't touch your wound without clean hands and don't let anyone ells without gloves and doing sterile procedures.  They also advise being less people in a hospital room - patient wise - so try and be only 2 or a room alone.  Take care hope everything works out well