New Hire Orientation 2021

MDROs and HAIs What you need to know to prevent them Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) • Difficult to contain once an outbreak has been identified • Treatment options limited • Reportable to CDPH if an outbreak occurs • Overuse of antibiotic therapy • Not completing antibiotics • Antibiotics prescribed when not needed • Critical Care patients are at higher risk • Most invasive lines, immunocompromised

MRSA • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus • Resistant to multiple antibiotics • MRSA Screening for all patients admitted • Yes to criteria placed on contact precautions until results • Patients who meet criteria are likely to already have MRSA • Prevention • Spread by contact • Follow contact precautions • Perform hand hygiene

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