Can a medic with MRSA still work?

Yes, they can still work if they do not have an active infection.

MRSA is no more contagious than regular staph bacteria and likely lives on the skin of many, many people. Many medical providers are probably covered in MRSA because we are exposed to it in our patient population and it does not cause problems in us any more than it does in anyone else.

The problem with MRSA is that it tends to be a bit more aggressive when it infects something and is difficult to treat because there may only be 4 or 5 (or less) antibiotics that will treat it.

Good luck.

Anyone with MRSA can work in medicine as long as they disclose it, even in the military. These days when there's no draft to get people to go over sea's like to Afghanistan, it's very hard to have anyone volunteer. Please talk to any recruiting officer about it too and you'll find out without even the price of gas. Today there are quite a few different medications that anyone with it can be treated. The strongest Vancomycin, is available only by IV as most of them are, but after a 7-10 day treatment then there are many antibiotics that can treat it even by mouth. I did see one answer that said there were only a few medications to treat this with if you get an infection. MRSA is caused mainly by 2 ways. First is because years of having antibiotics with doctors ordering them for every little thing gave many a tolerance to the more ordinary antibiotics. The next thing is when people start to take antibiotics and feel better they then stop taking them and don't ever finish the entire prescription. This is another way. Last is due to someone being sloppy and getting an infection, then spreading it to someone that doesn't have a tolerance at all. Most of the drugs available are some derivative of Strep. more than a staph. as this is the type of antibiotic that it reacts to. Good luck and God Bless

no its highly contagious