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garinda · 20-09-2005, 21:50

Hospitals are trying to combat the problem, but there are very weak holes in the system.

All wards at the Royal Infirmary in Manchester were only to be entered and left by patients/nursing staff and visitiors who had cleaned their hands with the alcholic gel. This didn't apply however to the porters, who we watched every day going from ward to ward delivering great big bags of supplies, without even a glance at the gel dispensers as they came and went. This was on a ward were people already had infections. The person we were visting developed MSRA.

Seemed daft to me, you either follow procedure or you don't.

20-09-2005, 21:50	#9
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: Hospitals Hospitals are trying to combat the problem, but there are very weak holes in the system. All wards at the Royal Infirmary in Manchester were only to be entered and left by patients/nursing staff and visitiors who had cleaned their hands with the alcholic gel. This didn't apply however to the porters, who we watched every day going from ward to ward delivering great big bags of supplies, without even a glance at the gel dispensers as they came and went. This was on a ward were people already had infections. The person we were visting developed MSRA. Seemed daft to me, you either follow procedure or you don't. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.