MRSA – A Clinical Scenario

Welcome to the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) HAI clinical scenario on MRSA and its management.

The course is designed to be self-directed and web based.   The materials comprise text, web links to relevant sites and some multiple choice questions.

 

The programme is aimed at the following group of clinical practitioners:

• Doctors at Consultant, SpR and Foundation Level
• Infection control managers
• Infection control nurses
• Specialist nurses
• Clinical staff with an interest in the management of patients with MRSA

Learning Outcomes

 

Early Clinical Management 

Assessment of Severity

Investigations

Antibiotic Prescribing

Public Health

Infection Control

Continued Clinical Management

 

Once completed you should be able to:

• Effect continued clinical management
• contribute to the early assessment of infection;
• participate in clinical investigations and interpretation of results;
• be aware of the criteria associated with appropriate antibiotic treatment;
• understand the risk factors associated with MRSA;
• describe infection control measures relevant when managing patients with MRSA;
• recognise important differences between colonisation and infection.

Registration

You can register for this course through the HAI Registration Portal.

 

Course access

http://www.hai-short-courses.nes.scot.nhs.uk   (registration necessary)

 

 This course should take approx 1 hour to complete

 

Further Information

An MRSA flyer is available for you to download and print for information purposes. (You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this pdf. To download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader please visit http://get.adobe.com/reader)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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