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Re: "Germs" in hospitals and hand washing
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Martin Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 May 2013 14:49:43 -0400
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It would be interesting to see if doctors contribute any to our microbiome
through their "neckties".

Martin

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM, marilyn hoyt <[log in to unmask]> 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]>
> wrote:
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> > http:
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> >
> 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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