Hot coffee or tea & MRSA?

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

This is rather interesting, all I can say is "Thanks Memere'" she hooked me on hot tea when I was 5 years old. She believed it was a cure-all!

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20110711/can-hot-coffee-or-tea-cut-mrsa-risk

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
This is rather interesting, all I can say is "Thanks Memere'" she hooked me on hot tea when I was 5 years old. She believed it was a cure-all!

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20110711/can-hot-coffee-or-tea-cut-mrsa-risk

Cool, this is my excuse to enjoy my Starbucks Chai Latte, extra hot, grande size even more.:cool:

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Specializes in CVSICU, Cardiac Cath Lab.

So, ah, does this mean I can quit the hot contact precautions gowns and just drink more coffee? Bet that's cheaper for the hospital, too.

Best win-win situation ever!

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YESSSSS I'm so glad I love hot coffee and hot tea! :D

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Specializes in med-surg.

So this is how we are exposed to all those nasty bugs and keep from getting sick - we're all too jacked up on coffee! Exciting news, I must say, as now I have an excuse to continue feeding my Starbucks habit :D

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.

I always KNEW coffee was good for me!:yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE.

Very interesting. Thank God for coffee and tea.

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

I can count on one hand the number of days in the year that I don't have a cup of coffee or hot tea...maybe that's why I'm still negative after over a decade of routine exposure.

I'm looking forward to them figuring out what the cause of the effect is.

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