Great news in Illinois – from Jeanine Thomas, founder of the MRSA Survivors Network. She has been working so hard for hospital disclosure of MRSA rates, and has had a good measure of success this month:
Again this year I initiated MRSA screening and reporting legislation and in the last 3 months have been lobbying extremely hard in Illinois. The legislation has passed the House ( 108-0 vote) and Senate ( 46-4 vote) and going thru the House again before it goes to the Governor, who will hopefully sign it.
The bills – HB378 -SB233 mandates that all IL hospitals must screen all ICU units and other at risk patients in IL hospitals for MRSA and decolonize those who are carriers. Also the MRSA infection rates will be posted on the state dept’s website. This is the first state to do so and I hope other states will follow with similar legislation. It has been a very hard fight against some doctors and hospitals, plus the state health dept. who has opposed it, but I have great legislative sponsors. The IL Hospital Assoc. supports the bill. Finally, something will be done about this epidemic.
If the Governor signs my bill, then next year I plan to add even more legislation that will screen more patients for MRSA. IL had over 11,000 cases of HA-MRSA in 2006 and the IL legislature was stunned by the magnitude of the epidemic, which all states have. This has been a long time coming. [via email]
You know, it just makes me sick that people have to work this hard and actually have to have legislation to make hospitals take better care of their patients. But I am thankful that people Like Jeanine and like Betsy McCaughey are ready, willing and able. If you are working on something similar, please do keep us posted on your efforts – hopefully once the ball gets rolling, other states will follow suit a little easier. Or maybe all hospitals will decide to take the needed steps on their own. Well, we can all hope, right? 
9 responses so far ↓
Linda Curtis // Oct 20, 2007 at 10:45 am
I survived MRSA in Aug. 2006. I had a
defibrallator/pacemaker implanted at a
hospital in Louisville, KY and three days later
I was running a temp of 105 and went to the
ER and they were going to give me a shot of
Keflex and send me home. I live by myself and
have no family here. A friend who took me to
emergency room told the Dr. I needed to be
admitted and they reluctantly admitted me
and the next morning the cardiologist came
and they took me back to the same hospital
where I got the difibrallor implanted. When
I got there they found that I had a blood clot
in my chest and if I had went home I probably
wouldn’t be here today. They removed the
defibrallator and then I had to have surgery
again to clean out all of the infection. I was
there for 2 weeks and was given vancamysin
which destroyed all of my veins. This was the
worst 2 weeks of my life. It has been over a
year and I am still not like I was before I went
though all of this. I also have MS and it has
gotten worse because of all the stress. I guess
I am lucky to be alive.
Crystal // Oct 25, 2007 at 9:22 am
I worked in a hospital for 10 years. The lack of sanitation and care are astounding! Universal precautions were preached while nurses threw needles in the trash (even though the sharps was right above the trash). Housekepping was cut again and again and the housekeppers were told if it doesn’t look dirty don’t clean it. The filters in the prenatal isolation units were simply turned over between babies- premature babies who needed a doctors order to be turned over! The portable machines in central supply were never properly cleaned, the same was true for too many other things to mention. There were even mice in the laundry department that craweled over the scrubs!!!
Mr.Carrier // Oct 30, 2007 at 8:20 am
i love MRSA
Gordon Quinn // Oct 31, 2007 at 9:30 pm
There is scientific proof that MRSA is airborne. I have certified test that show this to be true. Yet when present to hospitals they tell me “can`t be”
John Hopkins spent almost a year wanting to know who would pay for the testing. I ofered a free machine for thier use.
I would be happy to furnish a copy of the test report. I get 20-30 hits on my site per day. no one is interested in the report.
You go figure.
I can be contacted at 949-300-4800
Gordon QuinnPresident MicronSi Inc.
Visit my site
Mr.C // Nov 1, 2007 at 8:22 am
i dont think i believe you Mr. Gordon Quinn. you can not even spell write…
john henley // Nov 1, 2007 at 11:27 am
True Story, About 1930 my Father was shucking corn by hand in the River Bottoms near New Liberty, Il. He was about 27 yrs old. He had been plegged with BOILS sence he was a young boy. He had a large boil on his arm, when a corn stalk would hit it His eyes would fill with tears. He was working with a Black Man by the name of King. Mr King told my Dad ” Mark I know of something that will help that”. They walked into the edge of the woods, Mr King began to look around for a plant. When he found it and dug the Root he asked my Dad to place a peice in his cheek and leave it until he extracted the juice from the bark. My Father paid close attention to Plant so he could find it later. Over the next couple of days he repeated the dose. My Father did not have another Boil for Twenty Years. When I was 10 yrs old I began to have boils, my father took me to the woods and dug the Root for me to chew, I never had another Boil. In his 40′s he had a large Boil on his arm he chewed the Root and never had another one, he passed ant age 87. I am 65 yrs of age and about every 6 mo’s I chew a Root for good health. I know of a few people my Father gave to Root to for Boils all had the same results, no boils for twenty years. one of the men was Mr Claton in Metropolis, Il. All my Dad would ever say about the Root is the it purified the blood. Could it be that it will work for MRSA? Thanks John
Ed Laurent // Nov 12, 2007 at 4:56 am
11-12-2007
Dear People seeking help to cure or reduce the potential of contacting MRSA.
I am president of Water & Oil Technologies, Inc , and recently my father contracted MRSA in a hospital in Kankakee, Illinois after having been taken their from a V.A. hospital. I have a business associate in Robert, Louisiana who owns a frim by the name of Cleaning & Sanitizing Solutions whose c;eaner and sanitizer was tested by a FDA certified lab in Marieeta, Ga, and found that his products that were tested , named BT-100 and Bt-100R, would 100% kill MRSA. This product I obtained and cleaned the hospital room my father was in, and washed his entire body with a dilute solution to provide . It appears to have a residual affect to kill and prevent the reoccurence of surface contact with MRSA . I do not know if my fathe rhad HA-MRSA(hospital acquired or CA-MRSA(community acquired). I can tell you that I personally work with zoonitc wastewaster, such as chicken and hog fecal waste, which are quite dangerous in themselves, and I have used this product for 4-5 years , and have never contracted any disease . Yes, I wear rubber gloves and eye goggles, but I clean all my test equipment with the product as well. This product has also been tested by a certified lab in Columbia , MO, and demonstrated success in the kill of mold , other infectious bacteria, and virus forms as well.It is not an anti-biotic to be taken internally, but appears to successfully kill the mutating strains of MRSA spreading across our schools, hospitals , and communities throughout the world transmitted by surface contact.For example hand shakes and door handles, athletic equipment, locker rooms.It appears that big$$ , and news media are actually trying to block the ewire news release which was sent out last week, since I nor the patent owner at Cleaning & Sanitizing Solutions have had no phone calls or emails to date.
For more information on this biodegradable sanitizer, cleaner contact me at my
email address:
fuelalternatives@sbcglobal.net
My name is Ed Laurent, and I will respond as quickly as I can, if you prefer a phone call, then provide your phone number. Folks , this is no b.s. which I am telling you about, the products at Cleaning & Sanitizing solution will help reduce the chance of contracting MRSA and other infectious disesase. The product has support from results obtained from two certified testing laboratories.The direct email address of Cleaning & Sanitizing Solutions is :lepllc@bellsouth.net, address your inquiry to Earl Jenevein, President, Cleaning & Sanitizing Solutions, or feel free to contact me as well.
These products will help you protect yourself and your families.
Mary // Apr 21, 2008 at 10:14 am
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Universal screening does not significantly reduce hospital acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients, according to a new study. March 12, 2008
Although your bill sounded like a good tool to reduce and prevent MRSA the above study produces evidence that your proposed testing is not effective. Good hand washing seems to be the best prevention. It would be interesting to study whether physicians are washing their hands between patients.
It’s Not Easy Being Clean « EGMN: Notes from the Road // Mar 24, 2010 at 4:31 pm
[...] The trick is finding exactly what works and successfully implementing those measures. A big debate in the field is whether universal MRSA screening and surveillance of hospital patients is necessary to prevent that organism’s spread. The practice is common in Europe and has been mandated in at least one U.S. state, Illinois. [...]
Leave a Comment