Posted on 05/07/2019 5:49:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
"The health, safety, and wellbeing of our Los Angeles Police Department officers is critical and we are ensuring the officers exposed to this disease are cared for," the department said in the statement. "First responders throughout the region and especially here in Los Angeles are constantly responding to incidents that put them at risk of potential exposure to various diseases, and that’s why the Department takes this incident very seriously. All of the work areas that may have been exposed have been disinfected."
It was not immediately clear how the officers came into contact with the bacteria.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can cause staph infection. It's difficult to treat because of its resistance to some antibiotics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said staph infections -- including those linked to MRSA -- can spread in hospitals, other healthcare facilities, workplaces and schools. Symptoms include rash, headaches, muscle aches, chills, fever, fatigue, cough, shortness of breath and chest pain.
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Hmmm...Are cops more susceptible to this cootie than others?
“nurses face mrsa,cdiff,flu,etc etc everyday and nobody writes an article about us..”
My wife in her late 70’s was an active RN until her mid 70’s minus about 10 years to be a mother.
In her last 30 years of nursing, she was the lead RN in a busy primary care practice.
She and her docs practiced good medical practices and avoided the serious problems you mentioned above.
However, colds, flus and other viruses got all of them regardless of their good techniques. She had several years of zero sick days.
She retired about 5 years ago, and besides aging issues like cataracts, bad back from nursing and other similar issues:
She has not had a flu day and only one cold/virus illness day.
I have had less of the above, as she has not brought the bugs/viruses home with her as a retired RN.
Kudos to you, other good nurses and my wife as a great RN!
Make Republicans Safe Again?
I caught it at my job as a corrections officer. I was in the hospital for 8 days.
CC
I am a Staph carrier. I am not worried about MSRA but VRSA. I have had cellulitis twice and only vancomycin worked to knock out the infection.
They forgot to mention the most important symptom of MRSA. It is DEATH. A first responder friend says they are always wary of it because it is like carrying death in your pocket.
It is survivable. I know a man who survived it TWICE at an advanced age but that is not common.
MSRA should be MRSA. Fixed something else and messed that up in the process. lol
OMG!!! Everyone should hide in their homes until the next ice age comes to kill back the bacteria.
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