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I spent a month at one of the top US hospitals and I witnessed crazy unhygienic practices. The most common one is when the nurse assistant puts on gloves to cle
by copperx 10y ago
I spent a month at one of the top US hospitals and I witnessed crazy unhygienic practices. The most common one is when the nurse assistant puts on gloves to clean the toilet and other items touched by bodily fluids and then proceeds to clean the food tray with the same gloves and often even adjust the IV lines. I got a lot of nurses angry by pointing this out (it must suck to hear someone else tell you that you're doing your job badly, but still). My mother caught a C diff infection. After that, I carried a clorhexidine bottle with me to the hospital and cleaned all surfaces that contacted food with it.
- Smudge 10y agoHospital-acquired infections have become incredibly common. My grandmother caught a C diff infection after what had already been a very arduous treatment and recovery, and she received basically no support from the hospital that had effectively given her the infection.
- Fomite 10y agoWhile she likely got it in the hospital, it should be noted that a fair portion of the population carried C. difficile in their guts, and could develop a symptomatic infection purely as the result of a disruption of the less hardy elements of their gut flora.