[TomServo]

Exactly where I contracted the staph that wrapped itself around the base of my spine.

A hospital’s one of the most dangerous places to be.

[Westlander]

After 30+ years in the hospital front line, you would’nt beleive what we run across. Biggest issue coming is the number of mutating bacteria and viruses. Remember the movie ‘Andromeda Strain’?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Testing surfaces is so simple and inexpensive that it's used routinely in the food industry.

We have to test every manufacturing and testing room we have every day whether we use them or not. And all our products are in vitro diagnostic tests.

[mewzilla]

Folks can vote with their feet. If you’re having an elective procedure, ask about infection control and stats during pre-admission. After admission, feel free to make sure the healthcare folks have washed/cleansed before touching you. And, if possible, have someone with you at the hospital during your stay to be an extra pair of eyes.

[Unassuaged]

My grandfather contracted a case of salmonella thru a cut on his knee after a fall on the floor. The pants over the cut were not torn and the floor was recently mopped.

I got a call from the CDC for that one.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

My mother-in-law had bypass surgery and came through in fine fashion. A couple of days later, while still in the hospital, she died as the result of a post-surgical infection.

[Teacher317]

A hospital, by its very nature, will always have much higher infection rates... because that is where everyone goes when they have an infection! What I fear is the further destruction of our hospitals and health care systems with these hyperbolic “news” stories. The only 100% sanitary is one that has zero patients, doctors, and nurses, and has just been doused and scrubbed by robot maids... and even then, you’re probably only at 99.44% clean.

[Mamzelle]

Actually, most of the time the staph infections contracted outside the hospital are worse than the ones in the hospital. Remember the school in Virginia? The hospital strain is not as virulent as the one in the general population.

We are now paying the price for insisting on antibiotics when visiting HCP for viruses. Decades of pressuring HCP to "write the prescription so I'll feel loved and cared for."