Deadly 'superbugs' invade U.S. health care facilities

[Cestrian]

[Scythe13]

This could be interesting to see whether there will be any new antibiotics invented that will show promise.

If so, I bet they'll be expensive and extremely hard to get hold of.

Looks like we need to start prepping science labs and medical centres, instead of just tins.

[NorthernRaider]

I was interested to note that at some UK based medical facility they replaced many chrome and plastic fittings like door handles, light switches, tap tops, food prep surfaces etc with copper versions and the copper killed all the nasty bacteria that landed on them, If germa cannot survive on a surface they cannot spread of transfer easily.

That itself made me add a little note in my med preps book that after TSHTF if a group had to set up a medical room it may be a good idea to slavage some copper sheets to deply on work surfaces etc.

[bigpaul]

i read somewhere, a while ago, that 75% of health care professionals are carriers of super bugs??