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The Drs near me are slowly switching to bow ties.
On May 29, 2013, at 2:29 PM, marilyn hoyt wrote:
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ah yes...and then there is the research on neck ties being the greatest
carriers of germs. i think of it every time my sinus-god leans
benevolently over me, necktie draping across us both, to do endoscopy. but
then, who would dare to mess with the sinus-god who is no longer taking new
patients? an undiscussed hard part of being a patient is building
relationships with one's doc's....
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Martin Weiss <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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http:
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/nyregion/hospitals-struggle-to-get-workers-to-wash-their-hands.html?pagewanted=all<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/nyregion/hospitals-struggle-to-get-workers-to-wash-their-hands.html?pagewanted=all>
It is sobering to what lengths we have to go to get the small percentage of
medical workers (mostly doctors, it seems) to thoroughly wash their hands
to help stop the transmission of resistant stains of bacteria (or resistant
strains to be) in hospitals.
In the 19 century child birth fever was a killer of new borne babies and
their others. A Dr Ignaz Philipp *Semmelweis* at great political effort
put bowls of carbolic acid (a potent disinfectant ) outside of every room
in the maternity ward. Child birth fever deaths plummeted to near zero as
all personnel were forced to wash their hands with it. However, he lost the
battle and the bowls were removed (doctors were insulted that they were
perceived as carriers of the "germs") and deaths rode to previous highs.
The personnel who go to lengths to avoid the cameras remind me of this.
Martin
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