HELP!! MRSA Swabs- Has anyone found to be positive?

Hey girls, Just wondering in the nurse consultation stage did everyone have MRSA swabs? and was anyone found to be positive for MRSA? I work in a hospital… and one of the swabs has came back with MRSA, so i have now been told a week before my surgery that it is going to be delayed, I am devestated, as have already been waiting 4 months!

Hey! I’m sorry hon, this is horrible just before ur op! I didn’t know they took swabs for mrsa. I do know that some people are just carriers and never have any symptoms! I guess they’re just being vigilant honey and will sort u out with a new date soon! Did they say what happens now?

I couldn’t believe it, its only 9 days before my op! I had four different swabs and it came back positive in my throat (recently had an infection when i had my wisdom teeth out – so think this must have been where it stemed from!) I was told i wouldnt need antibiotics, just a mouth wash and to go back 3 weeks before my op.

So i did and have just had the results, and it hasn’t gone! I was also told my surgery wouldn’t be delayed, but they have changed their minds. Reading the internet – seems i do need antibiotics to get rid of it. Don’t know when i am going to be able to have it done now, difficult to get time off with work etc …..

Oh no thts awful hun, I’m a nurse and also had to have a full MRSA screen done luckerly they were negative. Whats the plans now then? x

Ahh perhaps it must only be people that work in a hospital that get screened, i have to wait until tuesday now to find out what the plan is x

Im worrid about this too, as i live at home and my mums a nurse. My pre ops booked for the 11th, and my surgerys booked for the 26th… so that wont leave me enough time either fingers crossed! How long have u been delayed by hun? x

I didn’t have a swab x

I had a swab, but all clear. It was because I had been in hospital recently that I had one.

Hope you get some antibiotics roxy06 and get your op xx

Omg you must be so so disappointed.

Im still waiting to hear whats going to happen…..

Hey Roxy, I had my pre-op on saturday and as I work in an elderly care home the nurse told me that I have to be swabbed. Anyway she forgot to swab me by the end of the appointment, but sent me an email the next day advising I would need to go back to have the swabs done! I am reallllyyyyy hoping they come negative as I’ve begged my boss for the time off already and my ops on the 15th

The nurse told me you only have to have them if you work in a hospital, hospital environment or have recently been into hospital. I hope that your problem gets sorted and you can have your op on that date!!!x

Hi Jessicahh, not long till your op then … Hope your swabs have come back ok!! i’ve been told i cannot have my op for a minimum of 4 weeks & thats if the next swab is clear…so have a provisional date for 6 weeks. Have now decided to have a consultation with a different surgeon in the meantime – suppose everything happens for a reason! x

i suppose its their way of preventing the bug from breeding in their clinics plus an operation will knock u for six and thats when the bugger strikes ur immune system and u defo dont want MRSA while ur trying to recover xxxxx let us know how it goes and what they say xxxxx im sure will have ur boobies in no time xxxx

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