MRSA

the psychological effects

Mackenzie, Dorothy RGN, MSc
Edwards, Anna RGN, BSc(Hons)

Dorothy Mackenzie RGN, MSc is Senior Nurse, Infection Control, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, Herts; and Anna Edwards RGN, BSc(Hons), is Senior Nurse, Infection Control, Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
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Nursing Standard 12(11):p 49-56, December 3, 1997.

This article discusses the ways in which being diagnosed as MRSA positive can affect a person psychologically and the measures that should be taken in order to minimise the impact.