[TASMANIANRED]

You are assuming incorrectly.


Being a nurse and having taken care of a patient with the flesh eating STREPTOCCUS...I was scared to death as was everyone else that took care of them.

We scrubbed meticuluously, gloved gowned and left everything in the isolation room.

We didn't want it ourselves and didn't want to take it home to our families.

MRSA...Staph...is endemic in the hospital.

Flesh eating Strep is not...It is community acquired and statistically she is far more likely to brought it in with her.

[Hildy]

If that's true and I don't have any reason not to believe what you're saying, then the hospital should not have any qualms about sharing if anyone else had it at the hospital.

[Hildy]

If that's true and I don't have any reason not to believe what you're saying, then the hospital should not have any qualms about sharing if anyone else had it at the hospital.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Tas- whoa! This story is so scary. Why the heck are these things so prevalent in the hospital. I did not realize that.... what can we do. This is a horrible story all around.

[bubbleb]

I just went back and read post #16.
You're right this was not staph but sounds like streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.