[vaudine]

Sorry, but people DO catch illnesses in hospital (and dr. offices, and schools, and nurseries. In hospitals, they perhaps catch things because of their weakened conditions when they go in, but hospitals are huge repositories of super bugs.

On the other hand, extremely good hygeine by the facility and workers is absolutely necessary in keeping them down.

My daughter is an RN and reminds her little ones, me, her dad, etc. to wash hands often. She recently went further and bought about a gross of hand spray containers that look like fat ink pens. She arms her school age children with them with instructions to wash hands and use the spray after the bathroom and before lunch.

I had staph infectiion after a operation 50 years ago and it was discovered after a string of post operative patients got it, that an autoclave sterilizing instruments was not working right. You are right that the bad bugs are everywhere, but the main thing keeping them at bay in hospital is super cleanliness.

Obvioiusly, UK is no longer getting it, and we are sliding down the hill, especially in nursing homes as well as hospitals. Truly, the breakdown of our culture in assigning responsibility and administering consequences when people do not do their jobs is much to blame. It also does not help when the cleaners do not speak the language, and as aforementioined, they come from a culture where cleanliness is not stressed..

vaudine

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Of course people catch diseases in hospitals.

That’s where the sick people are!

(Hot tip for the day - DO NOT use the pen the pharmacist hands you!)...