Pat's Note: The route PMWS is taking from pig to patient is so simple
that a ten year old could grasp it.

The remedy is obvious, so alas are the reasons why so much lying and
cover ups in veterinary science are tolerated by the medical
profession, here and elsewhere in the world.

This little Lulu took nine months to reach the public and they are
still being economical with the truth

This report is quite clear, a hospital worker carried it into the
hospital and it spread to five babies. 

Did the worker have any contact with pig farms or raw pork?

I know dozens who do. Some keep pigs, some live on pig farms etc.

We all know why Defra and the vets don't want that probed.

Why are the NHS so reluctant to give any details?

All very simple. 

Staff, especially those who have contact with pigs or pork, would need
more embarrassing and inconvenient forms of testing. Nasal swabs are
not that sensitive. Groin swabs are needed.

So quite aside from central government pressure emanating from the
massed ranks of the veterinary profession in the shape of their trade
union the RCVS: we also get the whole of the medical profession from
the RCS still trying to hang onto their neckties and grubby white
coats to the nursing organisations protecting their little angels of
mercy from violation and Unison claiming to represent the poor old
cleaners who are currently carrying the can.

From consultants to flour sweepers, they all put their "professional
dignity" above the interests of their patients.

Who said Margret Thatcher had tamed the unions and restored
capitalism?

The cleaners will continue to carry the can publicly, because they are
mostly  "foreign" and just don't count.


http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/Killer-bug-in-Watford-baby.4433252.jp

Wednesday, 27th August 2008 

An outbreak of the killer bug MRSA was discovered in the special care
baby unit at Watford General Hospital.

Five babies were found to have the bug on their skin but did not
actually contract any illness.

MRSA was discovered during routine swab testing and the babies' skin
was treated to eradicate the bug.

The incident took place in November and DecemT ber in 2007 and the
babies' families were kept informed.

An investigation was carried out and a member of staff was found to
have been the first person to carry the bug.

A spokeswoman for West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust said: "We cannot
confirm the member of staff was the source because it was a community
strain of MRSA."

The worker was treated, screened and cleared of the bug.

"No babies were clinically infected or had any symptoms of infection,"
the spokeswoman added.

"As a matter of routine surveillance, screening for MRSA is carried
out in the ward and identified these cases.

"We immediately put in place our infection control measures and
treated the babies concerned successfully with the appropriate skin
treatment to eliminate the bug.

"The trust takes infection control extremely seriously and staff work
tirelessly to reduce the cases of infection in the trust."

The incident is included in the trust's infection control annual
report for 2007/8, which shows the number of infections has dropped.

From April to July in 2008 the trust had seven cases of MRSA compared
to 15 in the same months of 2007.

Over the same time periods there were 26 cases of clostridium
difficile compared to 212.

A number of measures have been introduced including isolation wards, a
clampdown on handwashing, screening, and a reduction in the use of
antibiotics.


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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com  and http://animal-epidemics.blogspot.com/