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At 1:31pm on June 4th, 2007, joel dombrowski said…
Testing for MRSA upon admissions in US hospitals? Not likely soon. Here's part of the reason why. Hospitals are coming under increased scrutiny for infection control. Testing upon admission will provide a true measure of how many people acquire the infection in the hospital. It is true that hospitals can isolate the MRSA positive patients upon admission and this will eventually lead to less infection...but in the short term the hospitals will become responsible for the HAI MRSA and will need to 'eat' the days needed to treat the infection.
I have personally heard several IC professionals say they "...don't want to know..." what is in their environment. Sounds a little cynical, but that's what I was told.
At 2:04pm on June 2nd, 2007, Warren Warbler said…
Just a suggestion for you. Ask the surgeon about his expectations from the anti-biotic infusion therapy. We live in very close proximity to the HIH and the FDA and I've had business with both institutions during my working days. Of course I checked very carefully in regard to my wif's knee probnlem and my description of the bacterial colony is confirmed by several researchers at both institutions. Hasn't your sister's surgeon proposed mre surgery???
At 1:53pm on June 2nd, 2007, Warren Warbler said…
To answer your questions. My wife was 79 years old when her knee surgery took place.Initially the result was excellent but 30 days later the knee became inflamed and sore. We immediately went to the hospital emergency room. First mistake-it was on a Sunday evening. In any event after much testing and discussion a second surgery was performed in an attempt to clean out the Staph aurius infection she had picked up. It wasn't until later that I learned that such surgeries carry a low probability of success and that proved to be the case for my wife. I forget to mention that she also has chronic myelogenous leukemia which decreases the ability of her body to fight off infections. When the surgeon explained opur options-third surgery to remove prothesis and inserting a cement block in leg until such time as needle biopsies and blood tests show infection is gone .Then another major surgery to remove the cement block and insert a new prothesis. As I watched my wife's face turn white I asked-If we go through all this what are the chances of her b ecoming reinfected during the last surgery. He looked shocked but had to admit this was a strong possibility. Both my wife and I simultaneously declined to undergo any further surgery. You have to undertsand that these
bacteria reside on the surface of the prothesis and therefore anti biotics carried in the blood stream are totally ineffective since the blood does not touch the prothesis. Wife takes 2 100mg minocyclene anti biotioc pills a day. The bacterial colony will not spread because there is nothing to carry these bugs to another place in the body. We went to an Infectious Diseas specialist to try a new drug-daptomycin. The hope was that this new,very powerful drug might help reduce the knee pain buy being carried my lymph fluid. It was very expensive Several thousands of dollars and I gave her two intravenous feedings a day for three weeks. There was some pain reduction but it did not last. We live with the pain but that is the least of her problems. Her lower back is the major problem. She has every thing wrong that can go wrong in the human lower spine.She uses a walker so that when she stands and walks she can lean forwqard to relieve the intolerable pin that strikes when she gets to her feet. Fortunately when she sits there is no pain. Her CML is in remission thanks to Gleevex-a true miracle drug which she has been taking for 7 yerars now.
Sorru I can't offer a solution to the problem you outline. But At our current age of 85 and surgery is a no no with us.
At 10:29pm on May 31st, 2007, Warren Warbler said…
Having once had my identity stolen by an individual whose e-mails I agreed to accept, I am ultra concervative in doing so again.Should you really feel strongly about sharing confidences with me I'd like a good bit more info about you.

Hope you are understanding and not offended by my position.
At 8:48am on May 31st, 2007, Professor Richard James said…
Good luck in your fight for better MRSA screening. We are fighting the same battle in the UK for the use of rapid molecular tests.
 
 

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