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Currently, 85 percent of MRSA infections are healthcare associated; MRSA accounts for 60 percent of all staphylococcal infections. At least 58 percent of MRSA infections originate in the
community but are healthcare associated. The death rate, length of stay, and cost of treating patients with MRSA are more than double
other hospital admissions.
Most MRSA infections occur in people who've
been in hospitals or other health care settings,
such as nursing homes and dialysis centers.
When it occurs in these settings, it's known as
health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with
invasive procedures or devices, such as
surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.
More than 50% of healthy persons have Staphylococcus aureus
living in or on their nasal passages, throats, hair, or skin.
originally posted by: adnanmuf
There are two Ebolas one American Atlanta area a safe disease been around for decades. And there is the EBOLA of west Africa which is a totally diffent animal!!!!
originally posted by: Libertygal
a reply to: 00nunya00
I believe there is actually five known strains..
Quick reference:
en.m.wikipedia.org...
Fears raised over airborne Ebola transmission
Science / 18 November 12 / by Duncan Geere
Microbiologists from Canada have shown that the deadly Ebola virus could be transmitted between species without direct contact.
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It's thought that the monkeys may have caught the virus by inhaling tiny droplets suspended in the air from the pigs' respiratory tracts. "What we suspect is happening is large droplets -- they can stay in the air, but not long, they don't go far," explained Gary Kobinger from Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory, to the BBC.
"But they can be absorbed in the airway and this is how the infection starts, and this is what we think, because we saw a lot of evidence in the lungs of the non-human primates that the virus got in that way," he added.
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Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals
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Key Components of Standard, Contact, and Droplet Precautions Recommended for Prevention of EHF Transmission in U.S. Hospitals
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•Avoid AGPs for Ebola HF patients.
•If performing AGPs, use a combination of measures to reduce exposures from aerosol-generating procedures when performed on Ebola HF patients.
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originally posted by: Libertygal
a reply to: 00nunya00
Agreed. Just taking into consideration English may not be their primary language, possibly.
Yeah, and joking/not joking, too.