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- My family has been dealing with MRSA, we cant seem to get rid of it. My infant daughter has had it too.
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thanks for contacting me. You have a difficult situation. I'm not sure what you are or have done already, so some of my suggestions may be irrelevant at this point.
Some of the obvious things you must do are the following:
1. wash hands religiously after using the bathroom, and other dirty household chores of course.
2. have skin sanitizer, that is in my opinion non-alcohol based (but still shows good strength - they are out there but hard to find), available all over the home, and encourage the family to use it often.
3. Never share ANY towels with each other for personal hygeine. This will be difficult in some situations, like using hand towels and such. It is a MUST when using bath towels obviously.
4. Never share a razor, fingernail clipper, etc. with anyone else in the family.
5. I would personally have everyone in the family go to your physician's office and be screened for MRSA carrier status, using nasal swabs; this way you can pin point if any particular people in the household are the every day carriers. At this point, you may ALL be carriers, but it's probably a good idea to find out.
6. Using the results from #5, you MAY, and I do mean MAY, eventually have the person(s) that are carriers go on prophylactic antibiotics daily, depending on the frequency of infections and severity, and other factors you can discuss with your own physician.
7. Have your home as clean/disinfected as possible. If you don't wish to pursue a maintenance treatment such as the Jymrsa system, then you must simply clean VERY well on a day-to-day basis using an appropriate commercially available disinfectant, being careful not to damage surfaces, yet disinfect them on a regular basis.
8. I would ideally not want you to share any throw blankets with each other, but if you do, clean them often.
9. Related to #7 above, make sure you are disinfecting, with at least an aerosol spray, your couches and chairs that family members share on a regular basis.
10. Clean the pets very regularly (I don't know too many families that clean their pets often enough is why I say this)
11. Don't forget to clean/disinfect those automobiles in the garage as well, on a regular basis, again at least with an approved aerosol disinfectant if nothing else
These are my recommendations off of the top of my head. There are more things I may think of, but didn't have the time today. Hope these help!
Dr. Todd