Comments on: INFECTION CONTROL IGNORANCE http://gomerville.com/2009/10/11/infection-control-ignorance/ I am a paramedic who works for an organ procurement organization in the wilds of Kentucky. I am also a husband and a father. Occasionally I fancy myself to be a writer, hence the blog. You are welcome to witness this train wreck but the experience can be disorienting. Don't go swimming for at least thirty minutes. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Caryn Sobel http://gomerville.com/2009/10/11/infection-control-ignorance/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Caryn Sobel Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:16:11 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=400#comment-892 YES. Everyone got very lazy in recent years; we have whole generations of younger EMS people who have no memory of what infection is like when there is not a med readily available to make it disappear. My partner told me recently that during the SARS outbreak, either Korea or China had military stationed in-hospital to "remind" people to use precautions. It didn't affect the SARS percentages, but the incidence of MRSA dropped by over 90%. And since our kids seem to be dying of the bacterial infections with swine flu more than anything, we must take this seriously. I am old school. When people used common sense and good health practices religiously, we had less need of more elaborate side-effect-laden practices...and drug-resistant organisms were less of a concern, accordingly. YES. Everyone got very lazy in recent years; we have whole generations of younger EMS people who have no memory of what infection is like when there is not a med readily available to make it disappear.

My partner told me recently that during the SARS outbreak, either Korea or China had military stationed in-hospital to “remind” people to use precautions. It didn’t affect the SARS percentages, but the incidence of MRSA dropped by over 90%. And since our kids seem to be dying of the bacterial infections with swine flu more than anything, we must take this seriously.

I am old school. When people used common sense and good health practices religiously, we had less need of more elaborate side-effect-laden practices…and drug-resistant organisms were less of a concern, accordingly.

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]]> By: Greg Friese http://gomerville.com/2009/10/11/infection-control-ignorance/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Greg Friese Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:27:17 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=400#comment-890 Another great post and likely easy to replicate anywhere (unfortunately). Touching elevator buttons with gloves on is just as bad as getting into the driver's seat of the ambulance while still wearing gloves. Once inside the ambulance the first thing the driver should touch is a bottle of waterless hand sanitizer. Another great post and likely easy to replicate anywhere (unfortunately). Touching elevator buttons with gloves on is just as bad as getting into the driver’s seat of the ambulance while still wearing gloves. Once inside the ambulance the first thing the driver should touch is a bottle of waterless hand sanitizer.

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