MRSA BENTONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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MRSA BENTONVILLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
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WHAT IS MRSA?

• MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant
  Staphylococcus aureus.
• Some people call it MURsah

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WHAT IS MRSA?

• Methicillin (an antibiotic)
• Resistant (no longer works)
• Staphylococcus aureus (a common bacterium)

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Is Staphylococcus aureus the same as staph?

• Staphylococcus aureus is one of many species of
  staph.
• When we talk about MRSA and staph in this
  presentation we will use the word staph.

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Does staph always make people sick?

• No, people live with staph bacteria in their nose
  and on their skin without getting sick.

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When staph makes us sick, how does it happen?

• A staph infection can start when there is an
  opening in the skin that allows staph bacteria to
  enter the body and start the infection process.

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What does a staph infection look like?

• Staph can vary considerably in appearance.
• It may start out looking like a pimple, boil, or
  rash.
• The infection often contains pus. It may be
  swollen or red.

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What does a staph infection look like?
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What does a staph infection look like?
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What does a staph infection look like?

• More serious infections may cause pneumonia,
  bloodstream infections, or surgical wound
  infections

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What does a staph infection look like?
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What does a staph infection look like?
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How does staph spread?

• People spread staph by direct skin-to-skin
  contact.

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How else does staph spread?

• Staph also lives on surfaces and spreads when
  you touch contaminated objects or surfaces and
  then touch something else.

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How do I protect myself?

• Wash your hands with soap and water as often as
  possible to break the cycle of contamination.

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How to wash your hands

• 1. Wet your hands with warm water.
• 2. Apply a generous amount of soap.
• 3. Wash palms, backs of hands, wrists, fingers
  and under fingernails. Rub hands for 20 seconds.
• (20 seconds is singing Happy Birthday twice)
• 4. Rinse hands. (Turn faucet on using paper
  towel).
• 5. Dry hands with a new paper towel.
• 6. Use the paper towel to turn off the faucet and
  open the door.

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What else will protect me from staph?

• Wear disposable gloves when appropriate

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What else will protect me from staph?

• Bathe or shower every day
• This will reduce the amount of bacteria on your
  skin.
• Keep your fingernails cut short
• Less bacteria can grow under short nails.

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See your Doctor Immediately
If you have

• Swelling
• Pain
• Redness or red streaks radiating from the wound
  site
• Fever
• General ill feeling

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See your Doctor Immediately

• If you find that staph infection is passing from
  one family member to another, or
• If 2 or more family members get a staph infection
  at the same time.

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What are the signs of infection?

• Pus
• Tenderness
• Swelling
• Redness
• Warmth of the Skin

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Your doctor may prescribe

• Warm compresses
• Incision and drainage
• (ID) the doctor may cut and drain the abscess
• Antibiotics
• Or a combination of the above

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I Have a Staph Infection

• Keep your staph infection covered with a clean,
  dry bandage.
• Change the bandage at least twice a day or when
  it becomes wet from drainage.

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I Have a Staph Infection
How To Change Your Bandage

• What You Need
• Gloves-disposable
• Soap running water
• Bandage/gauze
• Plastic trash bag

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I Have a Staph Infection
Wash your hands before and after changing
bandages.
Yes, we know you were wearing gloves, stillwash
your hands before and after.
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REMEMBER
Hand washing is the most effective way to stop
the spread of infectious disease.
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STAPH Dont take it home
with you.
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Cleaning Surfaces Contaminated with Staph

• Classrooms
• Bathrooms
• Lunchrooms

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Staph on Clothes

• Staph can live on any kind of cloth
• uniforms
• towels
• wash cloths
• S.aureus and MRSA has been found to survive on
  cotton fabric for 3 months

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Laundry

• Chlorine bleach is the best way to kill germs in
  the laundry.
• Use chlorine bleach in your wash when possible.
• 6 ounces ( ¾ ) cup bleach to a standard size
  washer

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Laundry

• Time wash cycle for at least twenty minutes.
• Load clothes loosely in the washer so that they
  can move freely during the wash cycle.

The amount of motion and the length of washing
time both help remove bacteria from clothing at
any water temperature.
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Disinfecting Bathrooms Surfaces
Cleaning surfaces with detergent-based cleaners
or an Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)-registered disinfectant according to the
manufacturers instructions is effective at
removing MRSA from the environment.
www.healthyarkansas.com
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Cleaning

• Please follow the MRSA Cleaning Procedure.
• When MRSA skin infections occur, cleaning and
  disinfection should be performed on surfaces that
  are likely to contact uncovered or poorly covered
  infections.
• It is important to read the instruction labels on
  all cleaners to make sure they are used safely
  and appropriately.
• Environmental cleaners and disinfectants should
  not be used to treat infections.
• The EPA provides a list of EPA-registered
  products effective against MRSA
• http//epa.gov/oppad001/chemregindex.htm

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Protection When Staff or Students are Infected

• Keep your hands clean by washing with soap and
  warm water or using an alcohol hand gel.
• Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a
  bandage until healed.
• Avoid contact with other peoples wounds or
  bandages.
• Avoid sharing personal items such as make-up,
  towels or razors.

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Questions?

• Please visit the website below for more
  information
• http//www.cdc.gov/features/mrsainschools/
• http//www.healthyarkansas.com/mrsa/pdf/fact_shee
  t_schools.pdf
• Email Steve Potts, Executive Director of Human
  Resources spotts_at_bentonville.k12.ar.us