Most of the people who have MRSA aquire it before they even go into hospital.
The majority of people in Nursing Homes are MRSA positive.
Do you even know WHY we get concerned about MRSA?
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Mon 21 Sep 2009, 2:33,
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Do you even know WHY we get concerned about MRSA?
No
But the last time I checked up it was due to unclean equipment.
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Mon 21 Sep 2009, 2:35,
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Last time you checked? Was that in The Daily Fail or in your big ladybird book of hospital medicine?
MRSA stands for 'Methicillin resistant staphlococcus aureus'. Staphlococcus aureus is an extremely common skin organism and is present on everybody.
An unfortunate but inevitable consequence of using antibiotics to treat infections is that bugs such as s.aureus develop resistence. This occurs in the community just as easily as in hospital.
You can imagine how easy it is to spread a resistant strain once it develops, for example by shaking hands with someone.
The NHS does not use unclean equipment. Nearly all surgical equipment is single-use only. There are alcohol gel dispensers on every ward and often at the end of every bed. Fortunately we are able to control the spread of resistant bacteria because each hospital has its own antibiotic policy as well as NICE guidelines which suggest avoiding particular drugs which are becoming less effective. Hence the MRSA problem is worse in America.
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Mon 21 Sep 2009, 2:42,
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An unfortunate but inevitable consequence of using antibiotics to treat infections is that bugs such as s.aureus develop resistence. This occurs in the community just as easily as in hospital.
You can imagine how easy it is to spread a resistant strain once it develops, for example by shaking hands with someone.
The NHS does not use unclean equipment. Nearly all surgical equipment is single-use only. There are alcohol gel dispensers on every ward and often at the end of every bed. Fortunately we are able to control the spread of resistant bacteria because each hospital has its own antibiotic policy as well as NICE guidelines which suggest avoiding particular drugs which are becoming less effective. Hence the MRSA problem is worse in America.
Was in neither
But obviously you're either working in the NHS or in favour of them for some reason.
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Mon 21 Sep 2009, 2:44,
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clearly a LIEBARREL america HATING COMMUNIST!!!11!!!
lol, what was the question again?
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Mon 21 Sep 2009, 2:47,
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Healthcare?
From people who mostly can't even tie there shoelaces, do up there own shirts or even ties?
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Mon 21 Sep 2009, 2:48,
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