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Nice to hear how wonderful we all have been and how careful we were. In 1983, I woked as an SHO in SCBU, MRSA was very much in Paediatrics but HIV & Aids was becoming popular. MRSA was not taken seriously, I have seen nurses handling infected babies and went to feed another without washing hands. When I told them off, the consultant was called in to smack my wrist. No one used gloves nor did they wash hands well enough. Some times the cannula or cathter would fall down on the ground. Nurses were happy to hand over these contaminated devices to be inserted in children. We are facing the music, our generation created the bug and now our children will see the effect. Its time the Govt spent some money on educating they wasted billions cleaning the hospitals inspite of us writing to our PM (TB) telling him cleaning hospital is a waste of time, we need to clean our act. I would support any move to suspend nurses and doctors who do not follow strict gudelines. I have spent half my life working in as a doctor in the hospital and am not in a mood to spend the other staying in as a patient, Thank you.

I can see where the problem is, and why hospitals are not sucessfully implimenting their protocol to reduce spreading MRSA & other antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. If nurses feel they are treated as 4 years old kid, they better grow up quickly. I have been observing these bacteria and taking a closer look at how they spread. We must first make sure doctors and nurses follow the guidelines strictly, religiously and very meticulously. This training is not to be taken lightly because your patients and your life depends on this. The bacteria has bio-film which help them to cling firmly on the skin and has fast acting efflux pump to pump out any chemical (antiseptcs and antibacterial lotions, even alcohol). This bacteria has already developed resistance to two new antibiotic and is getting better at this. In other word, you and I are likely to be jobless if the bacteria wins, so please think and don't be callous.