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Resistant Bacterial Infection Outbreak At California Hospital
puddingebola writes From the article: "A potentially deadly "superbug" resistant to antibiotics has infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 160 others were exposed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed. The drug-resistant superbug known as CRE was likely transmitted to the Los Angeles patients by contaminated medical scopes during endoscopic procedures that took place between October 2014 and January 2015, a university statement said. " UCLA says the infections occurred via contaminated endoscopes that were sterilized according to the manufacturer's specifications.
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Ronald Reagan's cold dead hand stretches forth again to wreak havoc across the land!
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
Well, actually resistance is surprisingly effective.
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
From January 9, 2014 ...
This investigation highlights the potential for CRE transmission following ERCP. Health-care facilities with CRE outbreaks should consider the possibility of ERCP-related transmission. If ERCP-related transmission of CRE is suspected, reprocessing and preventative maintenance procedures for ERCP endoscopes should be evaluated in consultation with the manufacturer of the endoscope and automated endoscope reprocessor, if used. In addition, expertise in the evaluation and prevention of CRE transmission are available at CDC and can be accessed via state and local health departments.
http://www.infectioncontroltod...
So this "bug" went unpatched for at least a year.
Sheldon Cooper: To a hospital? Full of sick people? Oh, I don't think so.
Penny: Okay, well, your friend and his mother are there. We're going!
Sheldon Cooper: I can't.
Penny: Oh, don't tell me you're afraid of germs.
Sheldon Cooper: Not all germs. Just the ones that will kill me. The same way I'm not afraid of all steak knives; just the ones that might be plunged in my thorax.
Leonard Hofstadter: Ah-uh, fine, I'll tell Howard you didn't come because you're more concerned about your own well-being than his.
Sheldon Cooper: I would think he would know that.
Penny: Okay, you know what? You are unbelievable. You buy all these superhero T-shirts but when it's time for you to step up and do the right thing, you just hide in the laundry room.
Sheldon Cooper: Fine, I'll go. Just for the record, my Aunt Ruth died in a hospital. She went in to visit my Uncle Roger, caught something, and bit the dust a week later. The two of them now share a coffee can on my mother's mantel.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
flexible endoscopes have been around since the 1960's, and they cannot go through an autoclave. Rigid endoscopes can go through an autoclave, but they are more limited in application.
Maybe a camera endoscope could be designed to last in an autoclave, if you can make one you should patent it and demands the FDA no longer approve older designs as they are difficult to sterilized and have literally killed people already.
I'm seriously regretting any anti-bacterial soap I've used over the years right about now.
Happy people make bad consumers.
Always doing some new Superman spinoff.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
And the final irony? If Ronald Reagan ran for President today, he would be kicked out of the GOP today for being too liberal.
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
"through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed"
You just said the magic words that summons their lawyers. Law suit time!
Ahh, Endoscope
Pass me the tube so I can take a poke
1 push, 2 push, 3 push, 4 push, 5 I'm feelin deep inside
Leaning to the side in my Ophthalmic ride
With the KY gangsta glide
Woo!, hey now ya know
Inhale, exhale with my flow
Breakaway, come again like this
Hey G promise me use two hands don't miss
Cuz if you do, it break you get broke
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Violating the manufacturers instructions runs the risk of damaging equipment - and - for example - having sharp bits of the broken equipment stab the patient.
Acid, chlorine, etc. all kill bacteria in ways that are unlikely to result in resistant strains.
The compounds in anti-bacterial soap (triclosan for example) are not used to treat internal
infections. Antibiotics are more specalized compounds which target bacteria and are (relatively) harmless to humans.
The problem (if there is one) with anti-bacterial soap seems to be that a certain amount of exposure to
bacteria is apparently good for the human immune system and widespread use of anti-bacterial compounds
works against this. It is the widespread addition of antibiotics to the feed for livestock which is of
most concern. Thie same compounds are feed to livestock as are used to treat human infections and
the animals become breeding ground for antibiotics resistant bacteria.
Clearly the reason these patients died is because the "Ronald Reagen" medical center used too "conservative" an approach to their treatment.
Or get less bent.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
Tell your brother in law that Obamacare can save him, but only if he repents.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
If they were cleaned per the Manufacturer's specs (which feels a little like the fox cleaning the hen house) then said company should be fined into oblivion and all involved with writing and approving said procedures held in gaol for quite some time.
But America, so jack shit will happen.
Most of that is stuff that would have happened regardless of who was President. Reagan (and Bush 1) also ballooned the national debt from about $908 billion in 1980 (32.5% of GDP) to $3,233 in 1990 (54.4% of GDP).
Literally the only reason we are doing this is because the democrats are running out of US citizens that actually want to vote for them. So they're importing voters and pretty much breaking every rule on the books to do it. I'm not saying that if you're a democrat that you're a scummy person. You're probably my neighbor and I'm not mad at you. But the people pushing this at a high level are scummy people. They're used to buying elections and since that isn't working as well as it used to they're importing voters. Its pretty disgraceful.
[facepalm]Oh good God! [/facepalm] If non-citizens are voting in any significant numbers how hard can that be to prove? The Bush II administration made it a point of emphasis with the US Attorneys and they didn't find much. Instead we have Republicans pushing voter ID laws that fall most heavily on low income citizens (legal voters) who otherwise have no need for that kind of ID. They're desperate because they know the demographics are turning against them.
US were sick when he took office. I am not sure they recovered all that much unless of course you take that the status of US finances is perfect.
This is a bit OT but still. I saw a documentary about him not long time ago where they said that although he was a right wing anticommunist radical there were only 3 'marines sending events' at his watch - the smallest number since WWII. No wonder nobody likes US and US embassies have to look like fortresses. But hey this was apparently not his fault!
What facts would you like, mr Anonymous Coward?
And as to facts... what did I lie about? To say I didn't offer supporting evidence is one thing. To charge me with lying is another.
The first does not put any burden on you to provide evidence. The second requires YOU to back up the charge that I lied.
What did I lie about, mr AC? And while you're at it... sign in so I can note the fake name of my accuser. :-)
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Voter ID laws are about much more than illegals. In the last presidential contest, Romney get not one vote from 59 voting divisions in Philadelphia. Not one single vote. 19,605 to zero. Same with 9 precincts in Cleveland. Many of these voters are not even literate. This is a statistical impossibility. St. Lucie County in FLA had 141% voter turnout. Without fraud like that, the election might have had a different outcome.
It would help to actually do some research as to how it was probable that Romney would get 0 votes in these 59 districts.
This page: http://hatthief.blogspot.com/2012/11/other-precincts-where-romney-got-0-votes.html
Has the best explanation.
I will summarize:
(Obama 4, Romney 0 is hardly statistically significant for proving fraud.)
I know its fun to take information and use it to support the worst possible interpretation, but you should probable check the contexts to make sure you have the right expectations set. I would expect tight, mono-culture communities to have uniform political views and voting behavior.
A quick check with Snopes puts the lie to your claims.
Snopes on 2012 voter fraud.
There is a whole family of bacteria in enterobacteriaceae, the E of CRE, including from E. coli to Salmonella. The brilliant story doesn't bother to mention which bacteria is causing the infections.
Current estimates are that 3% of patients in ICU test positive and 1/3 of people in nursing homes.
You read that right, 1/3. Also multiple types of bacteria are CRE. It means they have an enzyme that breaks down a class of antibotics.
This has been sneaking up on us for a while.
I think that the problem is, most bacteria are usually harmless, but these can't be killed easy, and if they ever turn into blood infections the mortality rate seems to be 50%.
First, who said they won't be citizens? If you make anyone that crosses the border a citizen then they can vote.
What evidence do you have that is happening? It takes far more than crossing the border to become a citizen of the US (unless you are born here of course).
If the democrats really didn't want illegals to vote then they'd allow for some investigation of the voter roles.
The voter registration lists are a matter of public record. It's not that hard to get them. Don't you think that by now if illegals were being allowed to vote someone would have got a list and audited it and blown the lid off that scam?
I think it is you are fooling yourself on this subject.
As to evidence... I am apparently talking to someone that doesn't read the news.
Type "Obama Amnesty Judge" into your search engine of choice. You'll get a whole page of links referring to Obama's bs being so completely out of control that the US Judiciary is putting the brakes on it. Which is f'ing impressive because they rarely involve themselves in such matters unless the government goes WAY beyond its authority.
As to auditing voter registration lists, they are audited but not by the government. They're audited by private citizens and they do find fun names on their like "Mickey Mouse" or dead people that have been voting some how for years.
Surely you must have heard some of the old unions brag about how they would "find" the votes they needed every year. Helps when the Union hall is a polling station. In more then a few cases we've had more votes then are registered in a given county turn up.
You act as if the system is pristine and free from fault... your position baffles me given that even a basic look at the history would show you a litany of fraud going back generations.
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Uh, no. Reagan would be vilified by the RINOs in the same way Ted Cruz is.
Well, yes but it wasn't some sort of voter fraud conspiracy, it's just what happened given the demographics of the precincts.
As to evidence... I am apparently talking to someone that doesn't read the news.
Type "Obama Amnesty Judge" into your search engine of choice. You'll get a whole page of links referring to Obama's bs being so completely out of control that the US Judiciary is putting the brakes on it. Which is f'ing impressive because they rarely involve themselves in such matters unless the government goes WAY beyond its authority.
Where in all of that do you get that anyone is granting citizenship to any of them? Amnesty from deportation is not tantamount to granting citizenship. In a situation where resources are limited the President has discretion to direct the funds to where he thinks they'll do the most good. Did you know that Obama has deported more people than Bush did before him?
As to auditing voter registration lists, they are audited but not by the government. They're audited by private citizens and they do find fun names on their like "Mickey Mouse" or dead people that have been voting some how for years.
Evidence? Without that you're just making unsubstantiated accusations. I agree that there are dead people on the voter rolls that should be purged and occasionally a spouse has been caught trying to vote for their recently deceased spouse but it doesn't happen often enough to be much of a problem.
The system is not pristine but it's not currently overrun by fraud as you seem to think either. If you want to convince me otherwise you'll have to give me specific evidence backed up by data that can be verified. Good luck.
First, they were talking about granting citizenship to people in mass. Numbers ranged from 200,000 to 5,000,000. That is why the courts put the stop to it. From the perspective of the courts, Obama has the right to not enforce the law which just shows you how flexible the courts are on the matter. However, he was going beyond that to grant citizenship to people in contradiction of the law. Which is why the courts shut it down.
Second, even in the event that citizenship would not be issued, he was talking about giving them paperwork that is only given to citizens without technically making them citizens. I assume you know something about computers? And thus perhaps something about systems? What happens when credentials that are only given to a specific security group are given to someone outside of that security group? Would you be surprised to realize there were "unintended consequences"? Like perhaps someone with those credentials getting access to things that should only be granted to people within the security group? Well that is exactly what was going to happen.
The IRS said that such people were going to be able to get tax credits despite not paying taxes amongst other fun stuff. And yeah... register to vote. Because they check that with your social and the socials they were being issued weren't special. They weren't marked or ear marked or tagged. They were just socials. Which meant you could use them to register to vote.
As to the system being just fine so no one needs to reform the system... that is precisely what someone would say if they were thriving on the fraud.
Tell you what ... why don't we compromise and you allow the system to be reformed? I mean, if it doesn't need to be reformed then you're just letting your neighbor do something for the sake of argument and the end result will be just what we have now. Why stop reform... unless... you need the corruption?
The democrats have been obstructing reform in this portion of our civic system for over a generation. And it has not gone unnoticed.
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Which Snopes.com disagrees with. I'm going with Snopes.com.
"When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
At least around here, we keep public records of who showed up and voted. Somebody could check out anybody thought suspicious, and somebody caught having voted without the legal right would be guilty of a fairly serious crime. There has been some inter-party rancor, and accusations of vote fraud brought up without real evidence. The Franken-Coleman senatorial election was exceedingly close, but all the arguing was about counting the ballots, not vote fraud.
If you want me to support voter ID requirements, give me a real reason to do so, not some vague fears of yours. Show me when that would have prevented fraud, and how much.
"When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
Could you cite a formal study of the error rates on vote casting for the different voting devices used, broken down by demographic?
I await your statistical proof of that statement.
Having a social security number has nothing to do with citizenship. Anyone who works legally in the US is eligible for a SSN. All of the non-citizens who are in the country legally working with a green card have SSNs. As an example I specifically know about, Nicolas Batum, a French citizen who plays for the Portland Trailblazers has a social security number. Another example would be a coworker of mine. He is originally from South Africa but found his wife in the US. He became a citizen about 6 years ago but he had been living and working in the US for a decade before that and he had a SSN long before he became a naturalized citizen.
So what is this paperwork that is only given to citizens that Obama is planning to give them? The only paperwork I'm aware of that is given to citizens is a birth certificate showing you were born in the US or that one of your parents is a citizen or naturalization papers such as were given to my coworker from South Africa.
Explain why you're against asking for voter ID at the polling place but think that's okay at a liquor store? Explain why you favor more security to buy booze then to vote in a national election.
I'm sorry. You have no case and your position on this matter is disappointing. You're effectively protecting systemic voter fraud by preventing even rudimentary security.
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The government has already confirmed that it is possible. You're basically saying the federal government is wrong. And given that the federal government is the last word on that issue... your point is beyond pointless.
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You make the claim yet cite no evidence. Why not link to a federal document that says this?
You're basically just lying now.
Answer this question NOW with no further evasions.
Why do you think it is appropriate to have more ID checks for someone to buy beer then vote in a national election?
Answer the question. Your political faction has been exploiting weaknesses in our polling system for generations and the evasions at this point are just bred into your bones at this point.
Answer this very simple question or you are admitting I am right.
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I think the proper time to validate whether someone is eligible to vote is when they register to vote. All that should be required on election day is the valid signature of a validly registered voter.
I win.
You just said it should require a photo ID to buy beer but no such thing required when you vote.
Checkmate. We're done.
*walks off*
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It's been over 30 years since anyone asked me for ID when I buy beer.
I didn't say anything about not requiring some form of ID when you register to vote.
I'll believe that ID should be required to vote when someone demonstrates there is any amount of voter fraud that presenting such an ID prevent. No one has been able to do that even though it was a point of emphasis for the Bush II US Attorneys. So it's the epitome of an unnecessary law to require such an ID for voting.
If I'm protecting systemic voter fraud, show me the goddam fraud! That's what I'm asking. Show me some significant fraud that ID cards would have prevented, if you want to convince me.
If you can't point to some fraud that ID cards would have prevented, why should I be in favor of voter ID? Not everybody has a driver's license, and getting an ID can be awkward for someone in the wrong neighborhood.
And, again, unless you can show me some fraud, you have no case and your position on this matter is faith-based.
"When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
Show me when a person clearly over 18 can possibly not be entitled to buy alchohol?
Half the reason the evidence is often scanty is that there is no investigation and no mechanism in place to investigate it.
An example of something similar would be that in Japan unsolved murders are often cited as "accidental deaths" even when they were clearly murders. The reason being that it looks better on the crime statistics. It is a big problem in Japan to have unsolved murders. It is also partially why their suicide rate is so high... many of their suicides are not suicides at all but merely murders that the police couldn't figure out.
There is no mechanism in place to check for such fraud and all attempts to check for it are met with idiotic comments like the ones you're making.
You're saying that I have to show a murder happened before you'll hire detectives to investigate whether murders have happened. It is a catch 22 that only confuses the stupid.
You are backing a policy that puts a higher burden of identification on someone checking a book out from a library or buying a beer then voting for national politicians that have the power to declare wars or change the basic laws of our society.
It is beyond idiotic. You either have your head terminally up your own ass... as in you've apparently asphyxiated from lack of oxygen up there or you're just lying. Either way... I have no patience for this discussion. Its too fucking stupid.
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I'm asked for ID every time and so is my father. So... no.
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