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From: DaveT on 4 Jun 2008 06:28 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7432937.stm Wonder what happened to soap water and an antiseptic filled bucket with a mop? Oh and a real matron supervising everything. There again it is a BBC news filler so may be questionable. -- DaveT T1 Dx 1955 (aged 9) Basal Hypurin Beef Lente Bolus Lispro
From: Tiger_Lily on 4 Jun 2008 11:23 DaveT wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7432937.stm > Wonder what happened to soap water and an antiseptic filled bucket with a > mop? Oh and a real matron supervising everything. > There again it is a BBC news filler so may be questionable. > do your hospitals have the 'sanitation stations' in the hospital, were a foamy alcohol based substance comes out of the container? and does absolutely NOTHING for killing germs on your hands? -- kate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html
From: Flying Rat on 4 Jun 2008 18:00 In article <6anqcbF36d6b8U1(a)mid.individual.net>, me(a)privacy.net says... > DaveT wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7432937.stm > > Wonder what happened to soap water and an antiseptic filled bucket with a > > mop? Oh and a real matron supervising everything. > > There again it is a BBC news filler so may be questionable. > > > > do your hospitals have the 'sanitation stations' in the hospital, were a > foamy alcohol based substance comes out of the container? > > and does absolutely NOTHING for killing germs on your hands? > > the one used over here is a gel-like stuff, slightly thicker than water. It supposedly helps as MRSA rates are dropping. Much of the strangeness seemed to come in when the "hospital smell" stuff disappeared from use. Odd innit... Ratty
From: Andy Hall on 4 Jun 2008 20:00 On 2008-06-04 23:00:04 +0100, Flying Rat <me(a)privacy.net> said: > In article <6anqcbF36d6b8U1(a)mid.individual.net>, me(a)privacy.net says... >> DaveT wrote: >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7432937.stm >>> Wonder what happened to soap water and an antiseptic filled bucket with a >>> mop? Oh and a real matron supervising everything. >>> There again it is a BBC news filler so may be questionable. >>> >> >> do your hospitals have the 'sanitation stations' in the hospital, were a >> foamy alcohol based substance comes out of the container? >> >> and does absolutely NOTHING for killing germs on your hands? >> >> > the one used over here is a gel-like stuff, slightly thicker than water. > It supposedly helps as MRSA rates are dropping. > > Much of the strangeness seemed to come in when the "hospital smell" > stuff disappeared from use. Odd innit... > > Ratty overuse of antibiotics?
From: Ozgirl on 4 Jun 2008 22:27
Flying Rat wrote: > In article <6anqcbF36d6b8U1(a)mid.individual.net>, me(a)privacy.net > says... >> DaveT wrote: >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7432937.stm >>> Wonder what happened to soap water and an antiseptic filled bucket >>> with a mop? Oh and a real matron supervising everything. >>> There again it is a BBC news filler so may be questionable. >>> >> >> do your hospitals have the 'sanitation stations' in the hospital, >> were a foamy alcohol based substance comes out of the container? >> >> and does absolutely NOTHING for killing germs on your hands? >> >> > the one used over here is a gel-like stuff, slightly thicker than > water. It supposedly helps as MRSA rates are dropping. > > Much of the strangeness seemed to come in when the "hospital smell" > stuff disappeared from use. Odd innit... Absolutely. |