| It's been years since I worked as a nurse in the | | | | well. |
| hospital but I can remember even back then we | | | | People typically don't think about contracting MRSA in |
| were starting to see infections (usually staph) that | | | | the community until a family member or friend ends |
| were not responsive to antibiotics. | | | | up with that diagnosis from some silly little sports |
| MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus) was | | | | injury. "Community acquired" MRSA is prevalent in the |
| starting to show up in patients in the hospital. Mostly | | | | sports arena with contact sports. |
| in the Intensive Care Unit where I worked. | | | | >>>>>>>>> What is the |
| MRSA is a staph infection that does not go away | | | | best way to prevent MRSA? >>> Essential |
| when given the typical course of antibiotics such as | | | | Oils >>> IMPORTANT NOTE news.bbc.co.uk |
| methicillin - a penicillin based medication. | | | | 2/hi/health/4116053.stmnews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news |
| The worst part was that when patients got MRSA it | | | | england/manchester/6471475.stm |
| was "hospital acquired" - meaning it came from either | | | | Research has also been done through Young Living |
| other patients or somewhere else in the hospital. | | | | Essential Oils by researcher Sue Chao. (HSL Inner |
| Just like most hospital acquired infections, MRSA | | | | Circle Members can access this in the site) |
| would travel from one patient to another, and usually | | | | The essential oils that were found most effective for |
| from someone on the patient care team who wasn't | | | | MRSA through her study were: |
| washing their hands. | | | | Single Oils - Lemongrass, Cinnamon, Mountain Savory, |
| Hand washing and cleanliness is the primary | | | | Eucalyptus Citridora |
| preventative for any infection. | | | | Blends - RC, Motivation, Thieves, Longevity, Exodus |
| I remember we used to talk about this as ICU | | | | II, Purification |
| nurses and guess that the culprits to the spread | | | | Here is the bottom line. . . |
| were some of the doctors who would rush in to | | | | . . .not only with regard to MRSA, but how we deal |
| evaluate their patients and go from patient to patient | | | | with our life as we co-habitate with these other life |
| real quickly - and not wash their hands in between. | | | | forms in the microbial world........ |
| These were the days before the hand sanitizers | | | | Remember the line "you can't fool Mother Nature"? |
| showed up everywhere on hospital walls. | | | | It's true. So use the ancient proven approach which is |
| Since then MRSA has become a threat not only in | | | | to use nature to deal with nature - you can never go |
| the hospital environment but in the community as | | | | wrong. |