text: i was told the staph infection mrsa could only be caught in hospitals or nursing homes.? if the staph infection, mrsa can be caught in hospitals and nursing homes, how is it that a 7 year old girl has caught it when being in neither? how else can you get infected with it? staph infection can be caught from anywhere. now there is a condition in medicine called hospital accquired diseases. this is due to hygiene problems in hospitals and nurses. very common hospital accquired infection is  hospital accquired pneumonia by staphylococcus.