Measles on the rise in Europe

 

Measles on the rise in Europe

Measles has the capacity to be apocalyptic and this item is about Measles in Europe, rather than somewhere else unimportant.

We may well be reaping the whirlwind of not vaccinating  children.  It used to be said that no junior doctor had ever seen a case of measles.  Well they will soon.  Why is it that we never learn the lessons of the past provided at terrible cost?

Infection Control: a huge joke.

I had occasion today to visit a large hospital in the Central Belt of Scotland.  I was waiting outside a clinical area which was accessed by a double door.  Only patients and hospital staff were allowed through into the area.  On the double doors were three prominent signs telling everyone who entered the clinical area to wash their hands with the alcohol gel that was provided from a dispenser on the wall next to the door.
I waited for about half an hour and during that time about a dozen people entered the area.

NOT ONE OF THEM WASHED THEIR HANDS

Infection control in this hospital is clearly a joke.

Clostridium difficile on Blood Agar

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