MRSA is nasty stuff. I work for a private ambulance service that does a lot of nursing home transfers, etc. A good portion of our patients have MRSA or probably have it and just don't know. While we take measures to avoid exposure (gloves, gowns, etc), we are sure we clean our trucks and cots good after each patient contact. I've had to deal with wound MRSA and respiratory MRSA (this is a bad one) almost on a daily basis since March, and have been lucky enough to not contract the virus. One of my co-workers was not so lucky.
I've heard a lot of people (doctors, nurses, lpn's, cna's , etc) refer to it as "epidemic" and I'm starting to believe them.
As long as you wash your hands frequently, take appropriate PPE measures, and make sure you throughly clean out wounds it is really not much to worry about.
EDIT: Good link about MRSA.
http://www.jems.com/news_and_article...infection.html