[ThirstyMan]

This is a serious health problem. People who stay in the hospital for any length of time are especially vulnerable, no matter what age.
I was talking to a health care professional this week and I thought she said that 1/4 of the hospital patients are getting MRSA.

[blam]

"This is a serious health problem. People who stay in the hospital for any length of time are especially vulnerable, no matter what age. I was talking to a health care professional this week and I thought she said that 1/4 of the hospital patients are getting MRSA."

I asked a doctor friend of mine what he thought of the bird flu threat and he said that MRSA would kill us all before bird flu got here.

[Radix]

"I was talking to a health care professional this week and I thought she said that 1/4 of the hospital patients are getting MRSA."

That is probably an overstatement.

Hospital acquired pneumonia is a serious problem though. I read that 40% of patients who contract nosocomial infections do expire. I can not confirm that, because I only got it secondhand.

The real problems are with ventilator patients. The hospitals call it VAP (Ventilator Associated Pneumonia)and it is a serious concern all around the country.

There have been outbreaks among NFL players as well in recent years, but I don't recall reading much about that in the sports pages.

[healy61]

It amazes me how many people I have spoken to who have MRSA. One fellow kept getting outbreaks of his skin. There was control by medication, but not cure. I work in a county probation department.