 Does coworker have an obligation to inform others, of MRSA infection |
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| Does coworker have an obligation to inform others, of MRSA infection |
 Dec 17 2007, 12:54 PM
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We have a coworker that we learned on Friday has MRSA (the deadly form of Staph). He has been working in our office with this infection for a while now and has showed people around the office the open sore.
My question is, did he have an obligation to inform us that he had come down with Staph so that we could take precautions? This isn't AIDS or cancer, his infection can actively infect others in the office which is why I personally think he is obligated. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Dec 17 2007, 12:58 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Moral obligation? Yes. Legal obligation? Don't think so, no.
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Dec 17 2007, 01:01 PM
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Criminal court? Probably not
Civil court? Bet your ass he does. --------------------   |
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Dec 17 2007, 01:14 PM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
This could possibly fall under negligence. Ask some lawyer for legal advice =P
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Dec 17 2007, 01:30 PM
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QUOTE (Jim @ Dec 17 2007, 01:14 PM)  This could possibly fall under negligence. Ask some lawyer for legal advice =P I did. QUOTE (Jim @ Dec 17 2007, 01:14 PM) This could possibly fall under negligence. Ask some lawyer for legal advice =P I did. -------------------- |
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Dec 17 2007, 01:39 PM
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Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE (Oasis @ Dec 17 2007, 01:30 PM) I did. Double the answer even. Talk to him and possibly seek some sort of restitution? -------------------- |
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Dec 17 2007, 02:22 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
staph infections are contagious?
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Dec 17 2007, 02:25 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Dec 17 2007, 02:22 PM) staph infections are contagious? MRSA is. Highly. Once this breaks out in a hospital all bets are off. If the patient's immune systems are minimized in any way, the infection is usually fatal. And since the only thing known to kill this version of staph is alcohol or bleach, it spreads like wildfire (which is funny, since that's from Andromeda Strain). -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Dec 17 2007, 02:26 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
Those who have MRSA are at risk of transmitting it to someone else. While this isn't really a problem for otherwise healthy people, if it is transmitted to the sick or the elderly, it can cause significant problems because they are the ones that are more at risk for developing these types of infections.
It is a warning signal about the overuse of antibiotics. Infections with MRSA are now primarily treated with one antibiotic called vancomycin. If the MRSA bacteria become resistant to vancomycin (and there has now been one report from Japan), we will be left with little to treat it. - thats what i thought. its contagious but not really worry worthy -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Dec 17 2007, 02:27 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
Well, it is considered highly infectious because they can't kill it. And casual contact can result in infection.
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Dec 17 2007, 02:40 PM
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A guy in our office had a "bible blister" on his wrist, and his crappy ass doc decided to cut it out instead of the usual just popping it. Guy was left with a gaping hole (prob about an inch wide and 1/2 inch deep) which got infected. Don't think it was this fancy staph yall are talkin about, but damn he got really sick and almost died from the resulting infection. He has a friggin stint into his heart that hangs outta his arm right now that he has to feed some antibiotic into every day. All bc some dipshit doc didn't just bust the blister like you're supposed to.
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Dec 17 2007, 04:11 PM
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I could have gone without that story, Impala :barf:
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Dec 17 2007, 04:28 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
I can provide pics
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Dec 17 2007, 04:32 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
pix plz
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Dec 17 2007, 04:40 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Warning: large, disgusting, puss, blood, tendons, etc.
This is your final warning. Before surgery, swollen big time (guy is really thin, see how fat his hand got?) During Surgery 1 (open surgery, huge incision, consider yourself warned) During Surgery 2 (open surgery, huge incision, consider yourself warned) |
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