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Staph scare at House gym
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| April 15, 2009
| Glenn Thrush
Posted on 04/15/2009 6:50:01 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: erman
Ignorance is curable, if the will exists to get over it ... try reading a little bit about antibiotic resistant strains of staph.
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:40:52 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
To: MHGinTN
Spend $30 dollars and save yourlife and keep some Allimax on hand ... nuff said
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:44:05 AM PDT
by
Scythian
To: COUNTrecount
The solution used to disinfect is the same solution used on a daily basis, Simple Green D Pro 3 disinfectant, virucidal, fungicidal. Oh, the environmentally friendly soap! Too bad it's not really effective. But, Nancy has declared the Capitol to be "green". Use some real disinfectant, like bleach.
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:46:28 AM PDT
by
keepitreal
(Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
To: COUNTrecount
Get P90X and stay at home.
To: Scythian
With as many sexual degenerates as infest the House and Senate and their staff, I’m amazed that any healthy person would even visit the gym to work out.
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:49:06 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
To: Red Badger
Simple Green Pro3;
MSDS:
Active Ingredient CAS Number Approx. Weight % TWA/TLV
FMB 1210-8 (80%)
To Provide:
Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 7173-51-5 1.9 None Established
N-Alkyl (C12-16) dimethyl benezyl ammonium chloride 8001-54-5 1.2 None Established
This product does not contain nonylphenol ethoxylate.
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:50:24 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: cyborg
To paraphrase; There is no honor among scourges.
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:51:15 AM PDT
by
tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: COUNTrecount
The routine use of antibacterial soaps is what leaves people succeptible to all sorts of skin infections. We are normally protected by the bacteria that inhabit our bodies, not endangered by them, and killing those bacteria leaves us defenseless.
Note that hospitals are most known for staph infestations, and they ‘sanitize’ everything in sight.
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:53:45 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: Old Professer
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If Keynesian economics worked, Zimbabwe would be a superpower.......................)
To: editor-surveyor
ALL soaps, are “anti-bacterial” to some extent......
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posted on
04/15/2009 8:00:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If Keynesian economics worked, Zimbabwe would be a superpower.......................)
To: Anti-Bubba182
What the heck would Barney Fwank be doing at the gym?
Oh. Never mind.
To: La Lydia
Actually, although I find out congress very repugnant in this day and age, this type of staph is prevalent in hospitals, even very clean hospitals. It forms a film over itself that makes it resistant even to bleach, which is known to kill any bacteria on contact. They have recently developed something that will eat off the film and kill the bacteria, thus destroying the colonies that infest hospitals and other areas, doorknobs and walls being the two main areas for this type of staph to congregate.
I would put a snarky comment about how much these a**hats deserve to get this infection and maybe it will clean out the government but I don't want to get banned so I won't.
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posted on
04/15/2009 8:40:16 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: editor-surveyor
Note that hospitals are most known for staph infestations, and they sanitize everything in sight. Read my post #32...
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posted on
04/15/2009 8:41:34 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
Good thing you held back on that comment. I am germphobic, so I think I will buy some of that Simple Green D3 stuff and have a spring clean. I haven’t done my doorknobs in ages.
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:48:57 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: MHGinTN
Ignorance is curable, if the will exists to get over it... try reading a little bit about antibiotic resistant strains of staph.Huh? How is it ignorant to treat staph with oral as well as topical anti-staph antibiotics? The article doesn't state if it's MRSA or VRSA only that it was "staph".
If they treated an open draining wound that had been treated with TMP-SMX, Augmentin or Clindamycin... maybe just switching to Levaquin might do the trick. But if it's resistant and hasn't been cultured then the treatment of choice is IV antibiotics with long term oral meds and nasal antibiotics till cleared by negative culture.
You're right, ignorance is curable.... but being a douche bag isn't. Try spitting out the vinegar and water.
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posted on
04/15/2009 1:22:22 PM PDT
by
erman
(Outside of a dog, a book is man's best companion. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.)
To: MHGinTN
Just re-read the article and it was MRSA. So if the guy has MRSA he might have it in his nasal cavity which is where I've seen several jocks test positive for it.
so what happens is that either a carrier or the same "treated" individual blows his nose or picks it and get the staph on the equipment and Viola... another staph infection.
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posted on
04/15/2009 1:25:52 PM PDT
by
erman
(Outside of a dog, a book is man's best companion. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.)
To: Red Badger
"
ALL soaps, are anti-bacterial to some extent" Not really true. Traditional soaps are alcaline, and only perform a mechanical removal, while antibacterial soaps are acidic, and definately do kill all living organisms when used repetitively.
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posted on
04/15/2009 6:56:52 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: calex59
"
They have recently developed something that will eat off the film and kill the bacteria, thus destroying the colonies that infest hospitals and other areas" Never was needed. Common garlic, when crushed, performs the removal of biofilms quite well for about 10 minutes or so, until the alicin is oxidized out. What is interesting is that the alicin seems to only kill the pathogens, and not the beneficial bacteria. Gods products are always superior!
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posted on
04/15/2009 7:01:56 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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