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Octenisan protocol?

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anniepaint
anniepaint

Good evening fellow hippies. Did any of you do the Octenisan MRSA prevention protocol? I've just started this evening. It's going to be a lot of washing and changing the bed linen everyday is a pain (literally) Anyway hope it will help avoid infection. Just wondered how common a treatment this is. 

Cheers

Ann

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  • anneee95728
    anneee95728 anniepaint

    Posted

    Good evening

    I def didn't do that. I hadn't heard of that.

    I had a hibiscub shower, hair to foot the night before and morning of the op. 

    Sounds like you are going to be very busy. 

    Best wishes. A XX

  • auntiebeanie
    auntiebeanie anniepaint

    Posted

    Hun Annie, I am in the U.K. When I had mine there was no special pre op protocol to follow. We are all swabbed screened at pre op assessment. I have heard other hippies on here talk about the washing with special lotions. 
  • sandra67350
    sandra67350 anniepaint

    Posted

    I've never heard of this prevention protool and seems a lot of hard work!! At my pre op I was tested positive for MRSA and was immediately given nose cream treatment to use for 7 days from my Dr and given three swabs which I had to send in weekly. All 3 swabs were then clear. As my pre op was done 11 weeks before my op I assumed I would be tested again as weeks had passed but the hospital said I was still within the time frame for not needing re-test. If you are concerned and about to have op, if hospital hasn't yet tested you could ask your Dr to test.

    • anniepaint
      anniepaint sandra67350

      Posted

      Yes they took swabs at pre op assessment last week, I haven't heard anything about results. This is routine at the hospital I'm going to apparently. It is a lot of hard work. 

      Regards

      Ann

    • sandra67350
      sandra67350 anniepaint

      Posted

      If you haven't been contacted it looks like you were negative. Cannot understand the protocol as how could they 'police' it anyway !!! My instructions were to just shower on morning of op.I could understand if you were positive as I read that MRSA can stay on bedclothes door handles etc. Once I had finished nose cream treatment I went through the flat with antibacterial cleaning just once and then returned to normal cleaning. In my case I know I probably picked it up from delivering lambs throughout every night for 8 weeks. Won't stop me doing it next spring haha

  • sandra67350
    sandra67350 anniepaint

    Posted

    I've never heard of this prevention protool and seems a lot of hard work!! At my pre op I was tested positive for MRSA and was immediately given nose cream treatment to use for 7 days from my Dr and given three swabs which I had to send in weekly. All 3 swabs were then clear. As my pre op was done 11 weeks before my op I assumed I would be tested again as weeks had passed but the hospital said I was still within the time frame for not needing re-test. If you are concerned and about to have op, if hospital hasn't yet tested you could ask your Dr to test.

  • RichardKen
    RichardKen anniepaint

    Posted

    Dear Annie

    I was required to use a special body was the day of my surgery and the day before and a couple of days afterwards.

    Cheers Richard

  • maggie93798
    maggie93798 anniepaint

    Posted

    Never heard of it and I work in a hospital microbiology in the UK. As a patient I attended for a preop screen including MRSA screening and was MRSA negative, I did use a special body wash on the day before and the day of my op.

    The lab I work in does about 150 MRSA tests a day. About 1% are positive in people who have not been previously infected, so unless you are at extra risk the chances are that you are MRSA negative. 

     

  • margaret47400
    margaret47400 anniepaint

    Posted

    Good evening Annie.

    ive never heard of this here in England.  I had my Left full hip replacement as a result of an accident. I fell at 6pm on the Sunday and had my operation at 8.30am on Monday morning so there was no time to do all you are supposed to do.

    i obviously couldn't even have a shower, but there were no ill effects and I didn't catch any infection. Thank goodness. 

    Hope all goes well for you.

    regards Margaret.

  • lyn1951
    lyn1951 anniepaint

    Posted

    My hospital here in australia gave me sponges impregnanted with something that smells weird, day before, change sheets, and morning of surgery for final and last time again the weird smelling sponges, the nurses ask you on arrival at the hospital have you used both sponges, changed sheets, etc. YES. very common for any surgery or should be.

    My hospital also has the lowest infection rate in australia, being a specialist heart hospital with high numbers of very ill people, and a small ortheopedic unit a blessing that they are sooo strict.

    Husband has just been back in same hospital, some kind of virus, he has pre existing heart failure, they treated him as though he was extremly dangerous, nurses, all staff incl me had to dress in plastic gloves, masks, aprons, even every Dr and or  room cleaner and even when he was getting well, NO LEAVING ROOM, no wonder they have a good lack of infection rate.

  • tony68114
    tony68114 anniepaint

    Posted

    Hi Apparently this is quite normal now, just had my first revision and because l caught MRSA whilst in hospital last year l was considered high risk and was give private en-suite room, what was amusing was everybody who came into room had to scrub up wear gloves and apron and my Surgeon came in several times didn't bother with all that and shook hands! Good luck with preparations my understanding was don't have to change sheets/towels everytime and only 2 day Pre-op and 2 days post-op....best wishes

  • maggie93798
    maggie93798 anniepaint

    Posted

    Have googled it. It is a decontamination protocol advised for use sometimes when person is positive. Nice diagram on procedure. Wash is also sold separately. States it is active against other bacteria not just MRSA
  • michael11283
    michael11283 anniepaint

    Posted

    Annie

    I had to wash with a special disinfectant wash, change the sheets, wash again in the morning and put cream up my nose.Andc I'm in the UK

    But if it helps to avoid infection...

    40 years ago when they had more bed space and everyone went in the day before their op we had to take a bath with a yellow disinfectant. But there were no disposable gloves or hand lotion dispensers.

    Mike

  • anniepaint
    anniepaint

    Posted

    Thanks everyone, it's interesting how different all the various hospital protocols are. I'm all for preventing infection. What with the chlorine from the swimming pool and now this I have never been so sparkling clean! (The washing machine and tumble dryer are working hard too but I've given up ironing for now.) 

    Cheers

    Ann

  • renee01952
    renee01952 anniepaint

    Posted

    hi annie ---

    so interesting ....  I live in the Netherlands and nothing !!!!!   no precautions, or special wash or anything ...no intructions ... really not a thing about MSRA prevention protocol -

    And I didn't ask ...

    Sadly, a good friend of mine contracted MSRA in hospital after hip replacement surgery (20 years ago) and is now wheelchair bound ..

    big warm hug, you Queen of clean 

    renee

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