MRSA carriers near pregnant people

[tinkerbelle]

Thanks Teresa and Jennifer. I have tested negative for MRSA myself in the past and am extremely cautious when working with patients - I worked in the UK for two years and didnt even contract it due to my super efficient hygiene practices!. I guess my main worry - is after the birth. At the moment, I can limit the contact with family members myself, but I cant limit my husbands contact with them. But after the birth, how do I avoid things like in-laws not washing hands properly before they touch the baby, or kissing the infected person and then kissing me or the baby or my husband, or washing their hands and then picking or touching their nose and then touching the baby etc etc - I have all these things running through my head... and I am catastrophising it in my head as I just keep imagining all these MRSA infected hands over the baby when its born and keep freaking out... How do you tell in laws politely to wash their hands properly before touching a newborn and to not touch their faces while they are around us... oh man..
OH, and how do you avoid re-infections when the family dont seem to understand the carrier thing...