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[makeitagreatday]

Skunky, I carry antibacteria baby wipes everywhere,have for years I used to wipe those horrible pay phones with them before cells and door knobs etc, Do they really kill germs?? Does Purell?? It would be hard to carry alcohol around. I hate public restrooms period from the door on but my granddaughters have to "go" everywhere I take them..

My wife and I ahave used a 50/50 solution of grain alchohol (from liquor store) /water in a travel size pump bottle for restaurants, shopping carts etc. It comes in handy with the kids and is easy to carry around and when we need a shot we just open the bottle . The highest content I have been able to find her is 151 proof.

 

[seaside2]

My wife and I ahave used a 50/50 solution of grain alchohol (from liquor store) /water in a travel size pump bottle for restaurants, shopping carts etc. It comes in handy with the kids and is easy to carry around and when we need a shot we just open the bottle . The highest content I have been able to find her is 151 proof.

Trouble is, 151 proof is 75.5% alcohol, cut it 505 with water and you've got less than 38%.

Take a look at some of the 90+% isopropoyl in the pharmacies. Kind of hard on the hands, but boy does it kill!!!

 

[scooterbug44]

Now that's a scary one. Is that a strain of staph too? A few years back it attacked a Nashville teenaged girl basketball player. She lost 3 limbs to it. God her. What a brave young gull. It was a miracle she lived.

No, it was a political cartoon making fun of the scare du jour! The whole point of the thread is that while it is an issue to be aware of, the media is blowing it WAY out of proportion.

Wash your hands w/ soap & water and use basic sanitary precautions, see your doctor if you get a skin infection or irritation and you'll be fine!

 

[makeitagreatday]

thanks, good point about the 90% alcohol.

 

[Poodleone]

I would love to see hospitals discourage visitors. I know that sounds mean but there is absolutely no reason for so many people (especially children) to be trapsing through hospitals. I work in a laboratory and find it amazing to see visitors of all ages wandering the halls as if it was a mall or amusement park! GO HOME! Let the patient heal in peace- quit bringing in YOUR germs and exposing yourself to OUR germs.

Sorry- pet peeve......

 

[seacrestkristi]

Visitors help healing sometimes. Not to mention provide much needed care that is not always available with a call button. Hospitals need to clean up their act with handwashing, accountable housekeeping and disinfecting, and using isolation appropriately. They need to hire adequate staff in the trenches to clean up their act.

 

[NoHall]

I gotta say that although I agree that a hospital isn't an amusement park, I appreciate the visitor aspect, too. I had some emergency surgery a few years ago and had to stay 3 days, and it still touches me to remember the stream of people who came to see me--some came by before I even was awake enough to realize they were there.

My mother works as a transcriptionist in the pathology lab at the hospital here, and they have even made a big deal out of having her department wash/sanitize their hands frequently. They don't want to send anything bad home with them.

 

[Beach Runner]

I have thought about this. What do the other students say, if anything? Unfortunately (I know, I was a teacher) sometimes the kids or their parents have to say something for the administration to take any action. One winter, after teaching first graders in coats, hats and gloves...INSIDE! and our protests went unanswered, we finally asked the parents to compain and all of a sudden we had heat. :roll:

The other students have not complained because they are clueless -- they are invincible at that age. This student has a bacterial infection oozing from his neck. He wipes it with his hand, and he has to leave class at least once during the one-hour class to take care of it.

I have been told by my employer that they can't ask him to bandage the open sore. So my only choice is to go on prophylactic antibiotics which is not healthy for me. And think of how many people who are clueless that when he wipes the lesion and touches a doorknob that they are exposing themselves to an MRSA? I asked my employer to email all employees and students regarding ways to avoid MRSAs -- the same email that was sent to everyone at my husband's huge corporation.

 

[NoHall]

The other students have not complained because they are clueless -- they are invincible at that age. This student has a bacterial infection oozing from his neck. He wipes it with his hand, and he has to leave class at least once during the one-hour class to take care of it.

I have been told by my employer that they can't ask him to bandage the open sore. So my only choice is to go on prophylactic antibiotics which is not healthy for me. And think of how many people who are clueless that when he wipes the lesion and touches a doorknob that they are exposing themselves to an MRSA? I asked my employer to email all employees and students regarding ways to avoid MRSAs -- the same email that was sent to everyone at my husband's huge corporation.

This will probably be shot down as a violation of HEPA.

Why can they not ask him to bandage it? The dude who flew with TB was arrested, for heaven's sake. Call the CDC--? Good grief. I had professors asking me if it was ethical for me to come to class when I thought I had mono! (And I went straight to my doctor to find out if I was dangerous.)

I'm about to fall into a rant. Grrrr...

 

[Beach Runner]

This will probably be shot down as a violation of HEPA.

Why can they not ask him to bandage it? The dude who flew with TB was arrested, for heaven's sake. Call the CDC--? Good grief. I had professors asking me if it was ethical for me to come to class when I thought I had mono! (And I went straight to my doctor to find out if I was dangerous.)

I'm about to fall into a rant. Grrrr...

I hear ya. I don't want to harm the institution to which I have a great fondness, yet on the other hand, they are choosing to put me, as well as other people who are clueless about their risks, in jeopardy.