Patient-231
No Medical Care and None of His Prescription Medications for 8 days at Sunrise Hospital
Patient-231 went to Sunrise Hospital. The patient was placed in a shared room with another patient who had MRSA. This violates protocol. Nurses were slow to answer calls for help, and the food was terrible.
Patient-231 went to Sunrise Hospital.
Patient said:
Put me in a room with another patient who happened to have MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus).
This violates protocol (CDC recommendations).
Nursing staff took forever to answer call lights.
Food is terrible.
Note to readers: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that MRSA patients be placed in private rooms.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Core strategies to Prevent Transmission of MRSA:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend placing patients colonized or infected with MRSA in private rooms and on Contact Precautions in inpatient acute care settings
- Use dedicated patient-care equipment (e.g. blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes), and single use disposable items (e.g. single patient digital thermometer) whenever possible
- If common use of equipment for multiple patients is unavoidable, clean and disinfect such equipment before use on another patient
- Provide regular competency-based training on use of PPE and monitor adherence
- Place patients with excessive wound drainage (i.e. suggests an increased potential for extensive environmental contamination and risk of transmission) on Contact Precautions and in a private room regardless of Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) carriage status
Go to the
CDC website for more information.
Patient-231 went to Sunrise Hospital. The patient was placed in a shared room with another patient who had MRSA. This violates protocol. Nurses were slow to answer calls for help, and the food was terrible.