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Actually, it is not entirely impossible that with the prevalence of MRSA bacteria in the US there will come a point when US visitors to Dutch hospitals will nee
by speleding 12y ago
Actually, it is not entirely impossible that with the prevalence of MRSA bacteria in the US there will come a point when US visitors to Dutch hospitals will need to be quarantined as a precaution.
The resulting headlines would make a powerful agent for change indeed.
- DanBC 12y agoAny body admitted to a UK hospital is swabbed (nose and groin) for MRSA. I would be interested to see what the ratios are split by where the person was recently living.
- arethuza 12y agoInteresting, I had no idea they were doing that: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/MRSA/Pages/MRSAscreeningwhattoexpect.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/MRSA/Pages/MRSAscreeningwhattoe...
- Mvandenbergh 12y agoAll Americans admitted to Icelandic hospitals are in fact immediately isolated until they can be tested for MRSA. It wouldn't surprise me if they did the same for British patients given the prevalence of MRSA in the UK.