NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scrubs with antimicrobial properties worn by nurses caring for patients in the ICU do not reduce contamination of the garments by bacteria transmitted from patients or from contaminated surfaces such as bed rails, new research suggests.
The study also confirms that nurses and others who care for patients “regularly become contaminated by important organisms during work,” first author Dr. Deverick J. Anderson, of the Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, told Reuters Health by email.
The findings were published online August 29 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Although preclinical data had indicated that textiles with antimicrobial properties have activity against pathogens, data to support their use in clinical practice are limited.
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Can someone tell me why PRMC does not have laundry service for the people who work at that mill? PRMC allows its employees to risk the health of the community by allowing the employees to wear contaminated bio hazard clothing home.
Yes...you see them picking up dinner at local establishments to take home to their families. Not Good.
There's no way for a direct care employee to leave that place without being covered in bugs, even if they change clothes before they leave for home.
Just because of the hospital acquired infection rate, it's a place that I avoid like the plague.
Just because of the hospital acquired infection rate, it's a place that I avoid like the plague.
September 16, 2017 at 4:35 PM
Good decision. I also avoid that death trap. And they are so worried that a drug seeker might get over on them they neglect to give adequate care to the patients.
they forgot that part of their oath that requires them to "cause no harm". And when they do, off in a helicopter you go to a real hospital across the bridge so they can fix what PRMC screwed up. Been there, done that.
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