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MRSA-CA danger to healthcare workers
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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.
I recently read about a product sold at CVS Pharmacies that kill MRSA, Staph, TB and several other forms of bacteria. I believe it's called StaphaCillin (SP)and is supposed to be very inexpensive and very effective. I will have to check it out since I use CVS Pharmacies.
the wrong email adress was posted for AIT Environmental Technologies, LLC. the right address is www.aitenvirotech.com
I suffer from yearly Staph/MRSA infections in my right hand and being a former ICU Nurse Tech where we wore gowns, masks, shoe covers, I am apalled that healthcare workers who now care for me RARELY wear gloves nor take Universal Precautions. They use the same BP Pump on EVERY PATIENT, as opposed to keeping a separate Pump or arm cover for each MRSA patient. They don't wash their hands when they come in nor leave my room. It's no wonder MRSA is such a problem in the hospital settings and doctors are the worst. They will use the same Stethascope on a MRSA patient and then go into say a surgery patient's room and don't even sterilize it. It appalls me, particularly since I used to be in the healthcare field and we took Universal Precautions with every patient and even moreso with Staph/MRSA patients.





