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bullseyebarb · 16-10-2007, 17:37

Good hygiene isn't rocket science. Florence Nightingale laid out the principles 150 years ago in "Notes on Nursing." But nowadays it seems to be all about the money......or lack thereof.

I just read a U.K. Guardian article regarding NHS dental care. It seems that large numbers of you are going without dental treatment and, in about 6% of cases, people were resorting to self-treatment. Extracting their own teeth, (using pliers), filling teeth with clove oil and Polyfilla and fixing crowns with Superglue. Someone else reported scraping off plaque with a screwdriver. Good grief!

16-10-2007, 17:37	#27
bullseyebarb Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, U.S.A. Posts: 636 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 49	Re: Hospital infections Good hygiene isn't rocket science. Florence Nightingale laid out the principles 150 years ago in "Notes on Nursing." But nowadays it seems to be all about the money......or lack thereof. I just read a U.K. Guardian article regarding NHS dental care. It seems that large numbers of you are going without dental treatment and, in about 6% of cases, people were resorting to self-treatment. Extracting their own teeth, (using pliers), filling teeth with clove oil and Polyfilla and fixing crowns with Superglue. Someone else reported scraping off plaque with a screwdriver. Good grief!