MRSA After Bladder Cancer Surgery: Protecting Your Family

Question
My father is 75 and just had his bladder removed due to bladder cancer.  He now has a MSRA staph infection. I am scared to death my small children can catch this from him.  I read it is hard to kill and can recur.  How will we know it is really gone and not contagious anymore?  Can you give me more information?  I don't want my children to get this from him.

Answer
Hi Michelle,

What you need to know is WHERE the MRSA is, because then you know how to protect yourself against it. If it's in a woundm you want to avoid touching drainage from the wound, if it's repiratory then you don;t want him to cough on you, etc...

MRSA takes advantage of people with compromised immune systems or in a weak state, such as your father was after surgery. You and your kids are no doubt healthy and are at very little rsik of getting sick from MRSA.

Hope this helps,

Margot