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Forum: General Chat 05-06-2008, 23:14
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Some good news in the Lancs Ev Tel- the system I mentioned in the above post has got as far as being tested- there is now hope...
Forum: General Chat 16-05-2008, 11:25
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Doing that does not protect you against C difficile
Clostridium difficile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_difficile)
Forum: General Chat 28-04-2008, 19:34
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

So..... it again has not been screened, but can be viewed online here-
BBC News Player - How Safe is Your Hospital?...
Forum: General Chat 28-04-2008, 09:43
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

I hope so - but they originally said it was to be broadcast last night (Sunday) - so if you really want to see it I advise you to watch it now on the website - there may be something in it which...
Forum: General Chat 28-04-2008, 08:18
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Today Monday I am watching the C-diff programme in full on the BBC website
BBC News Player - Panorama...
Forum: General Chat 27-04-2008, 19:33
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Looks like they have 'pulled' that programme and they are repeating the one about toxic air in aeroplanes
Forum: General Chat 27-04-2008, 06:47
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

C- difficile features on Panorama tonight (Sunday)
BBC NEWS | Health | UK c.diff deaths 'rising sharply' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7361150.stm)
Alcohol wipes are useless against it.
I had...
Forum: General Chat 28-02-2008, 13:21
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Red tape preventing Conquest from cutting hospital bugs - Hastings Today - Back to Home Page (http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/Red-tape-preventing-Conquest-from.3813041.jp) extract-
A recent...
Forum: General Chat 28-02-2008, 11:08
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

The death rate from C difficile is up - partly due to it being put on the death certificates as an underlying cause of death, whereas before, docs sometimes omitted it.
The true size of the problem...
Forum: General Chat 26-11-2007, 06:50
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Ambulances in the North West are not cleaned as a matter of routine. Crews are not alotted time and no cleaners are employed to do it.

BBC NEWS | Health | MRSA 'risk' from dirty ambulances...
Forum: General Chat 22-11-2007, 08:44
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

There is now yet another bug causing hospital problems
BBC NEWS | Health (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/default.stm)
look on the right side of this health page for an audio report on-...
Forum: General Chat 06-11-2007, 09:31
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

A hospital ward in Preston has Norovirus
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Disease-outbreak-shuts-hospital-ward.3445601.jp
Norovirus Introduction - Health encyclopaedia - NHS Direct...
Forum: General Chat 29-10-2007, 04:48
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

Who'd ave thowt it !
French mucky clay may replace penicillin in the fight against MRSA
French muck: Is this the new penicillin? - Independent Online Edition > Health...
Forum: General Chat 16-10-2007, 09:33
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

A simple guide to MRSA : Department of Health - Policy and guidance...
Forum: General Chat 16-10-2007, 09:27
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

If you read about both Cdiff and mrsa you will see that they are transmitted differently - so need different approaches to control and eradication
Forum: General Chat 13-10-2007, 16:36
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

The spores are airborne - handwashing wont stop that
A simple guide to Clostridium difficile : Department of Health - Policy and guidance...
Forum: General Chat 13-10-2007, 16:23
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

A gov website (quote)
"Its usual habitat is the large intestine, where there is very little oxygen. It can be found in low numbers in a small proportion (less than 5%) of the healthy adult...
Forum: General Chat 11-10-2007, 15:13
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

You don't need to be ill to benefit from it
What Really Works 'The insider's guide to natural health' (http://www.whatreallyworks.co.uk/start/articles.asp?article_ID=184)
Forum: General Chat 11-10-2007, 13:36
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

I have resurrected this thread which is 3 months old because the subject is in the news again.
I repeat my offer of Kefir grains to anyone who wants to make their own probiotics very cheaply
Forum: General Chat 27-07-2007, 12:19
Replies: 79
Views: 3,157
Posted By MargaretR
Re: Hospital infections

In 1980 I had -
(Wikepedia definition)
"Pseudomembranous colitis is an infection of the colon often, but not always, caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile. Still, the expression "C. diff...
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