MRSA Notes

I found this blog entry from October 7th, 2005 – Good general MRSA reference from a health care worker:

“I recently saw bits of a TV show about the "killer infection" MRSA. The show was clearly designed to create panic and fear in the general public and focused in on juicy statements like: "The doctor said if I had waited another two hours I’d be dead."

Along with the rest of America’s healthcare workers, I’ve been in, around, and with MRSA for ten years. I’d venture to say that if tested, probably 80% or more of us would test positive for MRSA (as well as another resistant organism, VRE), and yet neither I nor anyone I’ve ever worked with has "come down" with MRSA.

In the spirit of providing real, objective, truthful healthcare information to the public, here is what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC Atlanta) has to say. And these are the Big Boys of epidemiology; there is no higher authority. Knowledge is power. Don’t get swept up in the media panic.”

The Road To Braj is Strewn With Thorns: MRSA and panic-mongering media

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