Our days are like clock work…we wake up, take a bath, eat do our thing, take meals until its time to call it a day. We are so used to routine and it would take a drastic event to drive a wedge in our lives for us to notice that dreaded sickness exist. As notorious as the Ebola or the Bird Flu, the MRSA or Methicillin-Resistance Staphylococci Aureus also known as the "Super Bug" has claimed lives. From a professional Nurse to a sixteen-year old girl or a Samoyed, this hospital-acquired illness doesn't choose its victims. The MRSA strikes anywhere and known to be transmitted from man to animal and now known to be transmitted from pet animal to man.

The bacteria Staphylococci breeds in infectious states and can be transmitted through an open wound. The Staph is found on the skin and/or in the nose, anyone can be 'colonized' or be carriers of the Staph and when any wounded living thing comes into contact with you, the staph can find its way to infect the person or animal.

Since detection can't be done on physical assessment, watch out for bumps or spider bite-like bumps that end up having abscess and need surgical draining. You may have survived the bout, but you may just spread it unknowingly. Having yourself tested will make your home safer since precautions are taken to ensure everyones health.

Saving your pet an agonizing death is also a reason to be tested IF you suspect having MRSA. Your loved ones are able to articulate their pain and there is a 50% possibility of sure in humans if detected early. Pet animals have a lower survival rate since detection comes very late.

Prevention is simple since it involves common sanitary practices like washing your hands-specially before handling food and after coming from the bathroom or touching wounds. Keep Isopropyl Alcohol handy and cover wounds with gauze. Personalizing your things like razors, towels, clothing, sports gear and beddings should be clean always. To keep everyone safe, might as well get your pet/s its own dog or cat bed. Have separate crates and not a one for all unit, separate pets things also prevent spreading of infections.

Bacteria and viruses have mutated and there is just no way we can turn back time, what's a few minutes of doing safety measures compared to not having the next day to look forward to?