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MRSA-CA danger to healthcare workers

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methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

A study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that in 2004, two Johns Hopkins healthcare workers contracted community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA-CA), a potentially deadly, antibiotic-resistant staph infection. No patients were infected, but both workers had to be treated for the bug. Their infection underscores the danger that both patients and healthcare workers face from this rapidly growing health threat. "Health experts fear that the rising trend of MRSA infections in hospitals could render useless many of the most widely available and effective drugs," notes Infection Control Today. Hospitals need to exert strong control over their infection control practices in order to prevent the spread of MRSA-CA. This includes using cleaning supplies that contain ethyl alcohol and quaternary ammonium, which reduces the chance that MRSA-CA can spread.

For more on the danger MRSA-CA poses to healthcare workers:
- read this Infection Control Today article
- check out this report from Forbes
- see the abstract published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

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I was diagnosed with CA-MRSA
as an outpatient 11 months after surgery in hospital. It is not on my surgical site on neck but on my legs. I didn't KNOW WHAT IT WAS and spread it by shaving. We lack a PUBLIC INFORMATION campaign. Too much effort on BIRD FLU. We also don't know much on how to deal with this in the home or where the hotspots are in the country.
I live in OC California. I am dropping all hobbies where I touch items touched by others
(called FOMITES) as carriers can be asymptomatic and are spreading this.

I read a report where Europe, Mexico and India are using a product to treat MRSA. It is a solution contaning super-oxidized water that has just a small amount of hyper-chloride. It is supposed to be in FDA Phase II trials, but can't find it mentioned. It is reported to be 100% effective against MRSA.

There is only 1 product on the market that has actually gone thru EPA certified lab tests to prove it kills MRSA and 70 other bacteria and virus' including TB, HIV, CDiff, all gram positive and negative strains. The product is distributed by www.aitenvirtech.com and is very in-expensive. The company also has a patented application method that kills MRSA on the ceiling, walls, floor, all surfaces in the area are permeated and rendered harmless. We use this product in addition to full wipedowns between procedures.

the wrong email adress was posted for AIT Environmental Technologies, LLC. the right address is www.aitenvirotech.com

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