blue horizon MEDICALS MRSA Screening Kit

Screening for MRSA in the UK has largely been at the discretion of individual healthcare authorities. Whilst you may or may not be screened prior to admission into hospital, unless you have a clinical reason for screening you are unlikely to recieve a test for MRSA from the NHS. You will only be screened for MRSA upon hospital discharge if it is specifically requested by a medical professional at a healthcare setting.

Our MRSA home screening kits empower you with the ability to screen yourself in the comfort of your own home, and you will benefit from Laboratory agar plate analysis of your sample, with a certificate showing your MRSA status. You are provided with information and advice sheets that will help you decide the most positive course of action. Click here to order an MRSA home test kit online.

   

What is MRSA?

Staphylococci  are bacteria that live on the skin and in the nose, usually without causing harm. MRSA is a type of staphylococci and it is resistant to several types of antibiotics. Bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics when antibiotics are used often.

Who gets MRSA?

Anyone can get MRSA. It is found most often among people in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes) who have weakened immune systems, although anybody in any environment can get it.

How is MRSA spread?

MRSA bacteria can spread by:

Touching the infected skin or wound of anyone who has MRSA

Sharing objects such as towels or athletic equipment with someone who has MRSA

MRSA is almost always spread through: physical contact and may be spread by a cough or sneeze, etc. If you have MRSA in your nose, you can spread the bacteria just by touching your nose and then someone else.

Our new MRSA screening home test kits come complete with instructions and most of our clients have no difficulty in successfully taking a sample and sending it off to our laboratory.

Screening for MRSA for the inividual is now easily completed at home. Screen for MRSA either at a site on the body, or test any surface around the house or workplace. Simply mark the sample with the name of the person being tested, or the surface being tested. Within a few days of sending the sample off you are provided with the results by E-mail.

Order an MRSA test kit online here