Health And Social Care Unit 332
Case study 1
Case study-outbreak of MRSA in a neonatal hospital unit
4P: explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting.
3M: explain why it is important to maintain respect and dignity when responding to incidents and emergencies.
2D: Justify the need to review policies and procedures following critical incidents.
Neonatal:
Neonatal means new-born it’s a specialised unit for premature babies who have not fully developed yet because they are born way too early.
The article is a case study based on a neonatal unit in a hospital in Lancashire.
The neonatal unit have been shut down due to an MRSA outbreak which affected six babies from …show more content…
They dealt with it very well as the health of the babies and the patients was their priority however they could have dealt with it a bit faster and warn people earlier because the impact they had on staff was that they think that it’s their fault of carrying poor hygiene and there are chances of losing their …show more content…
This bacterium is resistant to medicines called methicillin-type antibiotics, which means that it isn't killed by these antibiotics and can be very difficult to treat. It's sometimes called a superbug.
It is normal for healthy people to have staph on their skin. Many of us do. Most of the time, it does not cause an infection or any symptoms. This is called “colonization” or “being colonized.” Someone who is colonized with MRSA can spread MRSA to other people.
A sign of a staph skin infection is a red, swollen, and painful area on the skin. Pus or other fluids may drain from this area. It may look like a boil.
These symptoms are more likely to occur if the skin has been cut or rubbed because this gives the MRSA germ a way to “get in.” Symptoms are also more likely in areas where there is more body hair due to hair follicles.
MRSA infections in patients in health care facilities tend to be severe. These staph infections may be in the bloodstream, heart, lungs, or other organs, urine, or in the area of a recent surgery. Some symptoms of these severe infections are: Chest pain
Cough or shortness of breath, Fatigue, Fever and
Case study-outbreak of MRSA in a neonatal hospital unit
4P: explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting.
3M: explain why it is important to maintain respect and dignity when responding to incidents and emergencies.
2D: Justify the need to review policies and procedures following critical incidents.
Neonatal:
Neonatal means new-born it’s a specialised unit for premature babies who have not fully developed yet because they are born way too early.
The article is a case study based on a neonatal unit in a hospital in Lancashire.
The neonatal unit have been shut down due to an MRSA outbreak which affected six babies from …show more content…
They dealt with it very well as the health of the babies and the patients was their priority however they could have dealt with it a bit faster and warn people earlier because the impact they had on staff was that they think that it’s their fault of carrying poor hygiene and there are chances of losing their …show more content…
This bacterium is resistant to medicines called methicillin-type antibiotics, which means that it isn't killed by these antibiotics and can be very difficult to treat. It's sometimes called a superbug.
It is normal for healthy people to have staph on their skin. Many of us do. Most of the time, it does not cause an infection or any symptoms. This is called “colonization” or “being colonized.” Someone who is colonized with MRSA can spread MRSA to other people.
A sign of a staph skin infection is a red, swollen, and painful area on the skin. Pus or other fluids may drain from this area. It may look like a boil.
These symptoms are more likely to occur if the skin has been cut or rubbed because this gives the MRSA germ a way to “get in.” Symptoms are also more likely in areas where there is more body hair due to hair follicles.
MRSA infections in patients in health care facilities tend to be severe. These staph infections may be in the bloodstream, heart, lungs, or other organs, urine, or in the area of a recent surgery. Some symptoms of these severe infections are: Chest pain
Cough or shortness of breath, Fatigue, Fever and