Staph fatalities may exceed AIDS deaths

San Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | Oct. 16, 2007 | LINDSEY TANNER

[ExpatGator]

Thanks for dedicating your life to a meaningful pursuit. Your efforts will make the world a better place.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks neverdem!

MRSA search hits at CDC site

[TigersEye]

Good for you for putting your heart and mind into such a noble profession. I’m sure good will come from it.

[CarrotAndStick]

It’s still true that “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Indeed.

It’s also a great idea to switch to indoor footwear at the entrance of the house, keeping the germ-infested street-wear shoes away from things your hands are going to come in contact with.

[lonestar]

When washing with soap sing “Happy Birthday” before rinsing. It takes that long to kill the germs—I heard somebody say.

[CDHart]

Our Director of Nursing says to say the alphabet and keep washing until you get to Z - she did say don't say it too fast!

Carolyn

[maine-iac7]

Indeed.

It’s also a great idea to switch to indoor footwear at the entrance of the house, keeping the germ-infested street-wear shoes away from things your hands are going to come in contact with.

LOL

I Started this years ago after my daughter got into the habit while living in Nova Scotia (her hubby was 'on loan' from the Navy as flight instructor to the RCAF) and in Canada it is custom, strictly observed, for everyone to take off shoes and boots when coming into anyones house.

So I made it a rule here - with a note in the door...and I wrote one of my columns about it, per:

Caution: No Boot Zone

Just inside my kitchen door, (the door we Mainers use as the main door – if someone comes to the actual front door, we know it’s a stranger,) I have an antique piano stool with a sign that reads: “Assez Vous! You have entered a no boot zone.” Beside it is a shelf with slippers.

I don’t know why it’s taken me so many years to put this into action. It’s not only a custom in many countries but considered common courtesy.

We did it on the farm back in the 30-40’s. Grammie Tucker’s wood floors – Birds Eye Maple – were always scrubbed clean and no one better not not take off their wet, snow caked or muddy boots.

When my kids were little, it was a rule also. I don’t remember when it ceased to be a habit. Maybe the years we lived in California where we weren’t confronted with snow.

But I’ve been back home t’Maine for a quarter century now and the automatic boots off ritual seems to’ve become almost obsolete. So I have been mopping up winter after winter – until this year.

My kitchen floor is very light and very big, as it also encompasses my dining area. Keeping it clean and shining is quite a chore, especially since my back is no longer what it used to be. One day, when I was cleaning up after another sloppy day, it dawned on me that it took me close to 2 hours to sweep, vacuum, mop and wax the floor whereas it would take less than 2 minutes for someone to sit down and take off their boots.

“It’s them or me!” I said to myself, digging a magic marker out of a drawer and making the sign. But I really had to steel myself to enforce it, almost as if I were the one being discourteous.

My daughter, with her 3 little girls – and all their friends – trooping in and out, made this “no boots” rule at their home when they were stationed at Brunswick Naval Air – Daddy’s a P-3 pilot – and everyone “obeyed,” big people as well as little. They are now stationed in Nova Scotia and she says she never had to say a word up there. She said it’s common practice with the Canadians. Indeed, they make a game of it when they entertain at one another’s homes, taking photos to see who has the biggest pile of boots.

I have friends in Denmark and it’s a common practice there. Of course, many wear the clogs even in winter, with wool socks, so it’s less cumbersome than taking off and putting on boots.

Cumbersome or not, I no longer have twinges of guilt as my company sit down and take off their boots. My floors stay clean and shiny for weeks with very little work.

Why in heaven’s name I didn’t do this years ago is beyond me. Everyone has been super congenial about taking off their boots – well, a couple have read the sign and then asked, as if it might not apply to them, “Do you want me to take of my boots?”

“YES. Thank you.”

(Now if I could just get the cat to wipe her feet.)

[Scythian]

Allimax

In December 2002, Deborah’s mother Pauline contacted Dr Cutler after seeing an item on TV about MRSA and received a course of Allimax cream and capsules by post. Within two months, the MRSA had mostly cleared from Deborah’s tissues and the wounds had begun to heal, allowing an operation to remove her spinal supports to be carried out in June 2003.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-24405.html

Antibacterial activity of a new, stable, aqueous extract of allicin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. http://www.allimax.us/Biomed.pdf

NutraSilver

Staphylococcus Aureus at 5.76 billion microorganisms were killed at the rate of 99.99% in 24 hours.

Wikipedia: Staphylococcus aureus (literally "Golden Cluster Seed") the most common cause of staph infections, is a spherical bacterium, frequently living on the skin or in the nose of a person, that can cause a range of illnesses from minor skin infections, such as pimples, impetigo, boils, cellulitis and abscesses, to life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonia, meningitis, endocarditis, Toxic shock syndrome (TSS), and septicemia.

http://www.nutrasilver.com/

[CarrotAndStick]

Very interesting anecdotes, thanks!

Now if I could just get the cat to wipe her feet.

As for the cat...

It's a disinfection mat inside the grey wrapping, placed in a waterproof tray near the door, and is usually soaked with water and a disinfectant(usually a natural one, for general use). A large piece of disinfectant-soaked packaging foam in a tray, can be a DIY solution to it, too. Cats usually avoid sidewalks, and don't usually make it to the nasty city streets.... trees and grass being their norm. So, this might be somewhat extreme ... ;^)

[maine-iac7]

LOL

But I live in the country and her paws never touch concrete - or other man contaminated surfaces. The yard and woods do have some germs, but for the most part, the rains and sun washes them away or disinfects them.

Besides, I have a cat that would never, but never, set paw on that. She would hop over or never go out...or once out, never come in. (and I have the world's most skittish cat - she had a really hard life before coming here and so, even though she's all over my lap and keyboard and snuggles up close as she can at night...there's no way I could get a hold on her near the door, knowing what I intended to do.

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[CarrotAndStick]

Heh heh heh!

[TomServo]

Damned thing nearly killed me a couple of years ago. 2 weeks in the hospital...$75,000 in costs. They said I was s'posed to be crippled or dead. Guess I beat the odds.