Unit 21:Biomedical Science Assignment 1: MRSA

On the windows: Write down everything you can remember about MRSA…

MRSA A bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics The hospital ‘superbug’ A form of Staphylococcus Aureus (A very common bacteria) Full Name = Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/MRSA/Pages/Introduction.aspx

MRSA:

Group Task: List the places in this room where you think you would find the most bacteria… From your list pick the top 3!! Now do the same for the college.

Planning a Swabbing Investigation Fill in your planning sheet. Follow instructions on the sheet… The following places are banned from swabbing: Toilets, urinals, bins near toilets, humans, animals

List the locations to be swabbed:

Make a prediction. Decide which agar plates you are likely to find the most bacteria on… And the least bacteria…

Microbes are easily spread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o9SxDFPUiA

How/Where does bacteria grow? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNG33R5_WFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbO2YPQmpTg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-3Ju0EX3gQ

Spread of Bacteria: On the following slides are some words related to infection. Do you know what they all mean?

Outbreak A sudden increase in numbers of people with an infection

Epidemic A widespread occurrence of an infection in a community at a particular time

Pandemic Like an epidemic but very widespread across several countries

Epidemiology The study of disease outbreaks and infection methods, routes, numbers and causes. It studies the distribution of disease and looks at possible control measures.

NHS Infection Control: Task: Write a list of rules to limit the spread of infections in hospitals. (Think about all the areas where microbes can be present and think about all the ways they can be transferred.)