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Hospital-Acquired MRSA - Hospitals Are Dirtier Than You Think!

Betsy McCaughey, former New York Lieutenant Governor, founded RID, the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, and is making headway against a killer that claims more victims than AIDS, auto accidents and breast cancer combined -- the hospital superbug. In an interview on ABC News, McCaughey cites some scary statistics: While restaurants, cruise ships and food processing plants are all required to be tested for cleanliness, hospitals - shockingly - are not. In fact, hospitals are rather dirty places. A study of over 49 operating rooms in 4 New England hospitals showed that over half of the surfaces that were supposed to be cleaned were overlooked by the cleaning crews and over half the surfaces in approximately 1,100 patient rooms in 20 hospitals were not cleaned in between patients. Moreover, McCaughey stated that over 65% of doctors admitted that they changed their uniform white coats less than once a week and a shocking 16% did so less than once a month. McCaughey and RID are campaigning to lower the incidence of infectious diseases in this country through awareness and legislation. To see the video, click here.

MRSA Is Epidemic in Football

Recent studies conducted in Texas show an alarming trend of MRSA infections in football programs. In fact, recent studies show that football produces more MRSA infections than any other sport. The Texas studies show that between the years 2003 and 2005, approximately 276 football players were infected with MRSA, a rate of 517 for each 100,000. The U.S. Center for Disease Control reports a rate for the general population of 32 in 100,000. That means that football players are 16 times more likely to contract MRSA than others - and statistics are already at a dangerous number for the general population. According to CDC data, MRSA causes more deaths than any of the 51 infectious diseases tracked by the CDC, including AIDS. Some causes of infection are: the nature of a contact sport, the opportunity of infection to spread through cuts and abrasions, and equipment and facilities that are not cleaned. To read more about this alarming trend in football, click here.

MRSA Kills Teacher Within Days

The tragic death of a healthy D.C. area middle school teacher within days of experiencing the first signs of illness revives fears regarding the spread of drug-resistant Staphylococcus bacteria in schools. Merry King, who taught a special needs class in affluent Potomac, saw a doctor on Saturday, December 1, for her abdominal pain. King was given pain pills and sent home.
By Dec. 3, pain had spread throughout her body. The next day, she was driven to the hospital where she slipped into a coma and never recovered. Doctors found no wound or sore on her body that might have been a source of infection. To read more, click here.