Please read scenario below:A patient has arrived in the ER critically ill. She had a minor surgery the week previously and was discharged home with antibiotics. Upon arrival to the ER, the patient presented gravely ill, the surgical wound red, swollen, puss filled and her temperature elevated. A post surgical infection is suspected.After reading the scenario above, please respond to the student post written post below:1. Is this infection likely MRSA? From my research this is not MRSA, the reason I came this conclusion is because although some of the symptoms are the same but there are a couple of things that this particular disease is missing to be classified as MRSA. With MRSA there are painful red bumps that might look like pimples or spider bites(MRSA infection – Symptoms and causes, 2021). There were no small bumps that are warm to the touch reported.2. What would a MRSA infection look like on a patient; for example, describe how the wound presents.So, as stated above it would have small red bumps that look like pimples or spider bites that are warm to the touch. It can also cause painful boils that can burrow deep into the skin. This can cause life threatening infections to the joints and bones(MRSA infection – Symptoms and causes, 2021).3. Was the patient exposed to MRSA in the hospital prep, during the surgery the week previously or sometime afterwards (post-discharge)?In my opinion I think the patient had to be exposed after surgery. The patient was discharged and sent home and there is a possibility that while the patient was tending to their wound they may have not done it right and possibly exposed himself. 4. Where does liability for this (potential) infection rest? Is it the responsibility of the patient (making sure she followed her discharge instructions, etc), nurse(s), scrub technicians, physicians, surgeons and/or infectious disease specialists to ensure resistant diseases are kept in check in hospitals?
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