pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j86ktdz wrote
Reply to comment by Generoh in City’s public hospital system to continue mask requirements by geoxol
The number of people who die from infections caught in a medical facility is alarmingly high.
Most people don’t realize it until it happens to a family member.
But lots of people go in for one thing, then die of some infection they caught while there. It’s not the doctors fault. Humans when they are sick or just had surgery are often weakened. Ripe for an infection to set in.
The other thing that should really be instituted is hand/shoe sanitization when you enter or move to a different part of the hospital. Non invasive, takes seconds but would reduce spread of things if it were a habit.
LunchMasterFlex t1_j86q9oz wrote
It’s also that the microbes in hospitals been working out. They are stacked and eat antibiotics for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
drpvn t1_j86qx1e wrote
Even if the lace is dry and even if you don’t touch the body of the shoe, bacteria and virus migrate from the sole up.
Generoh t1_j86o0wt wrote
It’s impossible, infections spreads invisibly. Hand washing compliance isn’t 100%. More often than not, people don’t wash their hands properly (full 20 seconds with vigorous scrubbing and rinsing). We cannot stop the spread, we can only do damage control.
pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j86o906 wrote
People used to protest washing your hands before surgery too. Then gloves etc. impossible to operate like that.
Ends up it works extremely well. Childbirth alone is a perfect example. Women don’t routinely die of infection anymore. Most don’t even need antibiotics.
You sound like a priest from 1820…. All we can do is pray. You’re a backwards Luddite.
Generoh t1_j86omdw wrote
I’m an RN that works closely with the infection control department and routinely observe a break in infection control in the 20 years of working in multiple hospitals and healthcare institutions. It’s not backwards, it’s happening now.
Sure-Tie-741 t1_j87g9r3 wrote
My mother is dementiated in a home - an average nursing home in Canada. My mother is also obese.... and fell under all the co-morbidity factors for Covid. My brother, father and I were actually "happy" when Covid hit her ward.... dementia is not going to take her and she has no life. But weirdly covid has taken 2 of her roommates and 86 other patients in her ward.... covid doesn't kill everyone like we have been told it does and is obviously not as contagious as we are told ... 2 Roommates- younger and "healthier" than her. We left her un- vaccinated- hoping that would also help move her to heaven... (she has been kn this home in a vegetable state for 11 years now).... but nope ... unvaccinated, obese, previous smoker .... she lives... who knows what will take you out.... I honestly believe If I took her out for a day and we were hit buy a bus.... she would live - I wouldn't. Because that's life.
mowotlarx t1_j892nzf wrote
>My brother, father and I were actually "happy" when Covid hit her ward.... dementia is not going to take her and she has no life.
...what is wrong with you. Jesus Christ.
Sure-Tie-741 t1_j89ktwg wrote
- she has absolutely no quality of life. She doesn't know who anyone is. She is in a diaper, can't walk, can't talk, is fed baby food. We wouldn't allow a Pet to live this way... but it's ok for the elderly.
mowotlarx t1_j89mxpa wrote
I'm sorry to hear that your mom is suffering, but wishing death en masse upon residents of a long term care facility hoping your mother will die is something you may want to keep to yourself.
Sure-Tie-741 t1_j8a6unr wrote
My apologies... I wasn't wishing death en mass to others.
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