FYI - Resistant Bacteria Article

nursedawn67, LPN · Feb 19, 2003

very interesting and pretty scary.

TheBrainMusher · Feb 19, 2003

I feel like chicken little at times ...

"the sky is falling, the sky is falling" ...

how scary is that!!!

I'll be under here for a while, just chillin' :chair:

SmilingBluEyes · Feb 19, 2003

Rather eye-opening isn't it? more important than ever to wash those hands before and after all patient contact, isn't it?

emily_mom · Feb 19, 2003

Eeek.....very eye opening.

jenac · Feb 19, 2003

Very scarey. Says alot for being paranoid about infection control, doesn't it?

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Feb 19, 2003

YIKES :eek:

sjoe · Feb 20, 2003

Scary, yes, but I for one am glad to see this information getting more coverage in the mainstream press.

We folks in healthcare haven't been very successful in handling this problem, so maybe with pressure from people who read "Fortune" there will be more incentive to do so.

(And we can start by flat-out REFUSING to prescribe antibiotics when they are not clearly indicated, you docs, dentists, PAs and NPs out there.)

baseline · Feb 20, 2003

WASH YOUR HANDS !!!

Nurse Ratched, RN · Feb 20, 2003

Originally posted by sjoe
(And we can start by flat-out REFUSING to prescribe antibiotics when they are not clearly indicated, you docs, dentists, PAs and NPs out there.)

A-freakin'-men.