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- JoshuaGross, on 11/25/2008, -0/+20I had MRSA a couple years ago in the hospital. Almost had my leg amputated.
The thing that sucks is that even after bleaching all our clothes and bedding, several times, over a couple years; and using Hibiclens daily for about a year; it still keeps coming back.
This is just in my house, and it's annoying and scary to have it keep coming back on my skin, but it's gotta be a nightmare in a hospital with open wounds. - neutronphaser, on 11/25/2008, -0/+17Sorry to hear that, I wish you luck in the future.
- filovirus, on 11/25/2008, -1/+15I doubt it is any better here in the USA.
- AriaStar, on 11/24/2008, -0/+14Lots of germs come in on visitors and shoes. Hospitals could pass pretty easily if they banned visitors and required staff to wear special smocks and foot covers upon entering the building (like they do in ERs), but that's not going to happen.
- sockpuppets, on 11/25/2008, -1/+13I think everyone should have sockpuppets on their hands and feet. Not only would it be cleaner, it would be more fun. I'm also more likely to trust a sockpuppet weilding a scalpel.
- IIECONII, on 11/24/2008, -3/+135:51?
That's a pretty odd statistic. - JoshuaGross, on 11/25/2008, -0/+10I know at least the U.S. has a huge problem with MRSA right now. It's probably a serious problem everywhere.
- gfxlonghorn, on 11/25/2008, -1/+10Or a completely reasonable statistic. The ones that say 1:10 are complete *****. It never lines up that nicely.
- PhoneGoneRingy, on 11/24/2008, -0/+9I once worked in a building with doctors. I have seen more than one chart in the bathroom with them....
- sockpuppets, on 11/25/2008, -0/+8Peeking under the stalls?
- 9bpm9, on 11/25/2008, -1/+9Duh. Disease is a breeding ground in all hospitals. Why do you think staph infection is so common in hospitals?
- filovirus, on 11/25/2008, -0/+7Crinkle Crinkle
- raybury, on 11/25/2008, -1/+8One issue with MRSA that drives me nuts is that visitors are asked to use hand sanitizer before going into the wards, but many Muslims refuse because the sanitizer is primarily alcohol. In needs to be clear that using the sanitizer is in lieu of washing your hands with soap and water, and that those who don't wish to use the sanitizer for any reason must wash their hands rather than simply proceeding to the rooms. Otherwise far more people -- including patients Muslims are visiting, often themselves Muslim -- will die from MRSA.
- anarchyinthekr, on 11/25/2008, -0/+7they need the scrubs janitor
- ldner77, on 11/25/2008, -0/+6Canada's in the same boat
- DanielShinall, on 11/25/2008, -0/+6And with people snotting, bleeding, and cancering everywhere...
- DangerCollie, on 11/25/2008, -1/+7You think things are any better here because we pay more? HAHAHAHA! I'm at the hospital pretty regular and, if anything, it's worse here. If I have to ride in the ambulance with a patient or go in the hospital, I always leave my BSI on until I'm outside. I'd rather look silly for leaving my gloves and shield on than pick up c diff or MSRA.
I'd wear an air pack and go through a hazmat scrub down if it wouldn't scare the patients.
There's a reason we rank just above Cuba in quality of health care world wide. - jasdf, on 11/25/2008, -1/+7It's a good thing that the patients aren't licking the floor.
- ChayD, on 11/25/2008, -0/+5...which is why I'm with BUPA.
- DigitAl56K, on 11/25/2008, -0/+5I'm eagerly awaiting your data showing that private facilities are much better.
- diizy, on 11/25/2008, -3/+8Sorry, but I can imagine the standards are so sky high that most of those hospitals could not afford necessary staff and equipment to meet them.
- mattrmcg, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4British hospitals should adopt the "Foam in, foam out" policy
- rehabdrew571, on 11/25/2008, -3/+7i tink itz cuz sic ppl goes thar
- zakatov, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4You asked if you were the only one to look up Superbug, and you obviously failed at that.
No ninja edit for you sir. - inactive, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4Paging Mr. Herman
- filovirus, on 11/25/2008, -1/+5Physicians are a big part of the problem when it comes to controlling hospital infections. Nursing wears gown/gloves when in room for MRSA contact precautions. Many physicians ignore the precautions and do not wear the gown or gloves.
The hospital can't do anything about it because they do not want to piss off the few physicians they can get to practice at their institution.
I have seen surgeons run their hands under water without using soap for maybe 5 seconds and then dry them off. I know the water was cold because it takes 20-30 seconds for it to heat up.
We use alcohol based sanitizer in our ICU. It does not cover against spores like Clostridium difficile. - fuckupedoslut, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4I'm not surprised. Hospital staff incompetence is pretty widespread. The emergency room at the hospital where I grew up in regularly made a habit of nearly killing me everytime I required care. One of those times, I nearly died after giving birth when I contracted an infection and was running a 104 degree fever. Coincidentally, I found out later that the hospital had one of the highest rates of staph infection transmission in the nation. Scary stuff.
- MrBrother, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4... Mr. Herman you have a telephone call at the front desk. *smirks*
- okyourturn, on 11/25/2008, -1/+5My dad had an organ transplant and was extremely sick on the ICU floor. I saw the resident doctor use his stethoscope on one patient then walk into another "pod" and, without cleaning it, use his stethoscope on another patient. That may not seem like a big deal, but when you are dealing with patients that have their immune systems suppressed it's INSANE. It REALLY pisses me off.
- inactive, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4Seek medical treatment - you appear to be speaking out of the wrong part of your anatomy.
- cddict1, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4Thats pretty bad..i think this figure is worst than some of the developing countries.
- groundzerofilms, on 11/25/2008, -1/+5*Person passes out* (cuts to House theme)
- TPorter72, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4wtf man
- diatom86, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3This doesn't surprise me. I work in a hospital in a town with about 60k people, and some of the things the staff does here is disgusting and goes against all common sense. With that in mind, we get many traveling surgical techs. here and a few of them have told me that this is the cleanest hospital they have ever worked at! I have heard stories about people telling patients not to step on the floor because it hasn't been cleaned. Standards really aren't that hard to meet especially if a facility is govt funded, which most are.
- Wryly, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3Paging Dr. Howard... Dr. Fine...
- Shiloah, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3Hospitals and clinics under-report it to the point of complete denial, because of legal and insurance considerations, and concerns about their reputation. The story needs to have the lid blown off, and relentless tracking must be imposed everywhere. We are in far more danger than we think.
(I lost a 35 year old niece just a week age to this, her blood and internal organs overwhelmed with sudden massive infection, death in 36 hours. - paulsabo, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3"Nearly all hospitals are failing to meet hygiene and cleanliness standards set by the government to prevent superbug outbreaks. "
And we still haven't had one, so take off the tinfoil hat and stop spreading sensationalism. - dsmx, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3It would be easy to sample but costly to implement on a hospital wide basis.
- SmellyOctupus, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3I have seen examples of this in the U.S., including hospital workers handling things in the rooms of infectious patients without wearing gloves. It's kind of scary how things can spread so easily, but I guess we just need to look out for ourselves and those around us because that's really all we can control. (Unless we are on a hospital advisory board.)
- BlackKnight6, on 11/25/2008, -0/+35:51 is 9.8% while 1:10 is 10%. I would argue putting 1:10 would not be that bad in this case. Most readers aren't going to flip over .2%...
- Zalyster, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3PATIENT POOPS A LUNG.
- mattrmcg, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2I volunteer at the ICU, it is a pretty clean place, doctors always wear gloves before entering a room and touching a patient/patient's multitude of drips and devices. Every contact precaution room has a special cart in front that contains all of the necessary crap from gowns to sanitizers. Guess I volunteer in one clean hospital :P
- satcomer, on 11/25/2008, -1/+3This surprises everyone? Has anyone ever seen a sick relative in the hospital lately? Those places look like they are ancient and never been updated. The all looked like they are stuck in the 1970's or 1960's and never been upgraded! I guess the over reaching stock era of ever increasing profit took away reforms that have been sorely needed in hospitals, for a long time. Along with the ever increasing insurance costs take away ever the modest of building renovations or upkeep.
- inactive, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2Paging Dr. Giggles
- jtpinhead, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2A superbug? No, we need to stop manbearpig!
- fuckupedoslut, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2Hey, that's Dr. Jan Itor to you buddy.
- jgzman, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2guardian.co.uk
Safe bet. - MedicalMatt, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2that's what I'm saying! wtf!
- ShadowdStranger, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2Yes, the most heavily weighted category in overall health care system of a country (by WHO) is the amount that citizens have to pay. They rank the amount that governments provide much lower, and wow, surprise surprise, USA is the number one spender, per capita, on healthcare in the entire world.
http://www.who.int/nha/THE,cap%20US$_2004(200dpi). ...
there's your source - Layne, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2This suggestion, coming from you? I never would have guessed.
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