WARWICK – Amid growing public awareness of MRSA, the “super bug” resistant to many antibiotics, Kent Hospital has organized a community education program on the topic, to be held at the Knight Campus of the Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick.
The event will be held in the CCRI Theater from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, and is co-sponsored by CCRI.
MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a type of infection that is resistant to such commonly used antibiotics as penicillin, amoxicillin and oxacillin. In otherwise healthy people with no recent history of hospitalization, MRSA can appear as a skin infection such as pimple or boil that can be red, swollen and painful. The problem can be still treated by some, but not all antibiotics. Most are skin-associated and typically mild, but some can become life-threatening. The national Centers for Disease Control estimates there were more deaths from MRSA infections in 2005 than from AIDS.
The June 4 lecture will be given by Dr. David A. Lowe, chief of infectious disease at Kent Hospital and a specialist in his field. Joining him will be Debbie Maaz, Kent Hospital’s chief infection prevention and control nurse; and infection control nurses Kathleen O’Connell and Linda Oliver.
No advance registration is required to attend.
Kent Hospital is a founding member of the nonprofit Care New England Health System. For more information, visit www.KentHospital.org.
For information about the Community College of Rhode Island, a member of the Rhode Island public higher education system, visit www.ccri.edu.
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