NHS hospital superbug outbreak kills 331

Telegraph ^ | 11 Oct 2007 | Rebecca Smith

[Gritty]

[Texas Eagle]

The health watchdog, the Healthcare Commission, concluded that the infection probably or definitely killed at least 90 patients and was a factor in the deaths of a further 241.

Time to put that dog to sleep. I wonder how much tax money is picked from the pockets of Englanders to pay for that particular bureaucracy.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I've gotten food poisoning from fish before (I'll never eat at Captain D's again), but this was something that got loose in the lab.

The bad thing about being a toxicologist is that you usually end up working with stuff that is much more dangerous than the bug or cancer that you are trying to kill. In diluted quantities they are usually not too bad, but finding the correct amount is a process of trial-and-error where one little mistake can be fatal.

[Smokin' Joe]

Bad bug ping (C. Diff)...

[txhurl]

Yeah, this is serious. That's an extraordinary high body count.

[proudCArepublican]

Is this what we have to look forward too???

[proudCArepublican]

Is this what we have to look forward too???

[proudCArepublican]

Is this what we have to look forward too???

[Mr J]

(1) Clostridium difficile

(2) Nurses...so rushed they did not have time to wash their hands

(3) patients...left in soiled beds.

Oh boy, socialized medicine!

[Army Air Corps]

Reducing NHS costs by reducing patients?

[Slip18]

Nasty stuff. Makes you want to bring Clorox wipies to the hospital with you.

I do keep them in my car after grocery shopping. You don't fool with this disease.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Crowded wards, a shortage of nurses and financial problems led to 1,176 people contracting Clostridium difficile over two and half years at three hospitals in Kent...and then there was the story on Fox tonight about all the pregnant women being sent south to get care in the US because the Canadian health system doesn't have enough resources to handle the many compicated pregnancy cases they get - yes sir, government interference in health care looks better and better.....

[djf]

I read a story once where some kind of mold or fungus was found in a hospital room.

They tried everything. Pure bleach, all the modern fungicides, everything they could get their hands on - it kept coming back.

I think they sealed the room with plastic and filled it with concrete.

[djf]

I have always recommended people visit a farm supply store and pick up some of this:



No prescription needed.


WARNING!!!
If you don't know if you or your family are allergic to tetracycline, and you don't know how to do a skin test, DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!!!

Cost: About $6 for 10gms.

If there is a mass breakout of something and you think you're just gonna run down to the pharmacy and pick up antibiotics... well I got a bridge to sell ya!

WARNING #2!!! Tetracycline has a limited shelf life. If you use it past the expiration, you have a good chance of turning your liver into something resembling Gouda cheese!

[stlnative]

how exactly is a human being suppose to injest this and in what dose level when it is sold in bulk like this for livestock?

isn’t Tetracycline sold in capsule form for sick aquarium fish?

[stlnative]

http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Cycline-Tetracycline-250-Caps/dp/B0002YF9U0

[djf]

Well, I’m not gonna give any advice on it because I mention it for emergency purposes only.

A person who can figure out how to adjust a recipe downwards would easily be able to divide it into 250 or 500 mg doses.

But there are a large number of people out there who might have a life threatening reaction to it. So UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING, don’t even try it.

Me, personally, I could mix up a quart of the stuff, throw a shot of vodka in there and chug it down.

WARNING #3: Go to the drug store and get some Probiotic acidophilus tabs. Any use of antibiotics has the potential to mess up your digestive system something fierce. Acidophilus will restore the natural balance.

[weegee]

“Those old people are just going to die anyway...” (paraphrased) Jocelyn Elders, Clintonista.

[Eepsy]

Also remember that giving tetracycline to a pregnant woman, or child with unformed adult teeth, will give the child a permanently stained smile. Take it from me, it’s no fun.