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The question that comes to my mind is, are the European countries doing any better in tracking MRSA, etc. infections? They certainly exist. One might hope a mor

by fernly 10y ago

The question that comes to my mind is, are the European countries doing any better in tracking MRSA, etc. infections? They certainly exist. One might hope a more centralized health-care system, not balkanized like the USA one[1], would keep better records. Do they?

gtufano 10y ago
Records are kept at European Antimicrobial Surveillance System (EARSS) or so it seems, at least. Last report (with freely downloadable raw data) I found (2014) is here: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publication_DispForm.aspx?List=4f55ad51-4aed-4d32-b960-af70113dbb90&ID=1400 http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publica...
okket 10y ago
The Dutch have a MRSA strategy they call "Search and Destroy" with harsh quarantine regulations for non-native patients. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/combating-deadly-bacteria-hospitals-have-hope-in-dutch-search-and-destroy-strategy-a-726781.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/combating-deadly...
jkot 10y ago
I think 'balkanized' is good word to describe some health-care systems in Europe. However I think there is a basic difference in approach. Hospitals in europe are usually uber clean, everything is desinfected and there is a small army of cleaners. My impression from US is that McDonnald was cleaner than hospital. Second difference is post-operation treatment. People in weakened state are left in hospital for a few days for monitoring. With broken immune system (after chemotherapy) you get into strict hermetic isolation. In US leukemia patients go to hotel after treatments.
- waqf 10y ago
  > My impression from US is that McDonnald was cleaner than hospital. I'm really interested in this. Where were you? Because my impression of the US is that they are very thorough on the small stuff … because they can pass the bill on to someone for taking precautions, whereas they can be sued for not taking them.
  - ams6110 10y ago
    There's a reason that people get these resistant infections mostly in hospitals. Really, unless the alternative is death anyway, you're pretty well advised to stay away from hospitals.
anexprogrammer 10y ago
UK NHS MRSA infections are reported weekly online on data.gov.uk Patients are screened for MRSA if they are being admitted for surgery, cancer and a number of other risk groups, or have had MRSA previously.

by fernly 10y ago

gtufano 10y ago

Records are kept at European Antimicrobial Surveillance System (EARSS) or so it seems, at least. Last report (with freely downloadable raw data) I found (2014) is here: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publication_DispForm.aspx?List=4f55ad51-4aed-4d32-b960-af70113dbb90&ID=1400 http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publica...

okket 10y ago

The Dutch have a MRSA strategy they call "Search and Destroy" with harsh quarantine regulations for non-native patients. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/combating-deadly-bacteria-hospitals-have-hope-in-dutch-search-and-destroy-strategy-a-726781.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/combating-deadly...

jkot 10y ago

I think 'balkanized' is good word to describe some health-care systems in Europe. However I think there is a basic difference in approach. Hospitals in europe are usually uber clean, everything is desinfected and there is a small army of cleaners. My impression from US is that McDonnald was cleaner than hospital. Second difference is post-operation treatment. People in weakened state are left in hospital for a few days for monitoring. With broken immune system (after chemotherapy) you get into strict hermetic isolation. In US leukemia patients go to hotel after treatments.

waqf 10y ago
> My impression from US is that McDonnald was cleaner than hospital. I'm really interested in this. Where were you? Because my impression of the US is that they are very thorough on the small stuff … because they can pass the bill on to someone for taking precautions, whereas they can be sued for not taking them.
- ams6110 10y ago
  There's a reason that people get these resistant infections mostly in hospitals. Really, unless the alternative is death anyway, you're pretty well advised to stay away from hospitals.

anexprogrammer 10y ago

UK NHS MRSA infections are reported weekly online on data.gov.uk Patients are screened for MRSA if they are being admitted for surgery, cancer and a number of other risk groups, or have had MRSA previously.