| Kathycarp 2006-12-06, 10:10 pm |
| I was just commenting to DH yesterday that the two perinatologists I work
for have awful bronchitis/flu/colds all winter long. They are pretty much
hospital-based, and spend hours each day in the hospital. I was wondering if
that's why they have so many URIs. DH rarely gets sick, even though he is a
dentist and you'd think germs are flying everywhere in the room, but he has
to wear a mask all day, so that must really help.
This is one reason I am very thankful to work at home. I am almost never
sick, and not severely so in many years. When I do go out I try and keep my
hands away from my face, and wash hands a lot, even when at home.
This is also one reason I had my last child at home with an excellent CNM.
--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Jay Vance" <jayvance@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1164910665.799849.283340@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> http://tinyurl.com/ykas2b
>
> "...it is the process of care, not the underlying clinical condition of
> the patient, that drives the current epidemic of hospital-acquired
> infections."
>
> "2005 data from 168 hospitals show that 19,154 patients had acquired an
> infection that year while hospitalized in Pennsylvania. Of them, 2,478
> died in the hospital, a mortality rate of 12.9% compared with a rate of
> 2.3% for all patients.
>
> Hospital-acquired-infection patients' average length of stay was 20.6
> days compared with 4.5 days for all patients, and their average charge
> was $185,260 compared with $31,389."
>
> Remind me not to get sick in PA.
>
> Jay
>
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