I guess I am one of the morons you speak of. I spent 5 years in college learning to test blood and body fluids. I have degrees in engineering as well as medical technology. The common graduate of a medical technology has to be well versed in several fields to include hematology, chemistry, immnohematology, microbiology, immunology, optics, hydraulics, electronics, and the list goes on. I spend over 60 hours each year in continuing education that is state mandated. The mistake was made by a corporation out to make a killing selling us material federally mandated for us to prove proficiency in testing. I would prefer not to work with materials that can kill me but by public out cry I am forced to. If you want call someone morons take a look at the company who decided our health was worth taking a risk so the could push a fast growing cheep virus out the door and make more $$$$$$$$$.
I work in a hospital lab as a med tech. We were sent this sample for testing. We get blind samples every 6 months from CAP to check our methodology. We only test for type A and B but don't serotype the sample of virus. I have treated these samples as capable of transmitting disease. I must admit some of my peers are not quite as careful. I had seen the info on the news but didn't think we had received this test kit. I came in to work and asked if we had received a notice from CAP and was told yes. Scared the hell out me because of knowing my peers don't take the same precautions I do. I really don't think the general public have a clue what happens in a modern (well kinda modern) hospital laboratory. I have handled petri dishes with enough sterp bacteria to infect a small city or blood samples capable of infecting half the country with HIV. We handle samples that will kill you before you know has happened. In collage we proformed a little experiment, We took a common bowl flora E.Colli and in 10 days made it resistant to ever antibiotic but Cipro (just in case we needed to be treated for it). Docs are doing this experiment every day due to peps demanding the magic pill to cure all that is wrong with them. Just think about this... It would only take one really pissed off person, a few petri dishes, very little knowledge, a little time, and the right opportunity to make the world a very nasty place to live.
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I guess I am one of the morons you speak of. I spent 5 years in college learning to test blood and body fluids. I have degrees in engineering as well as medical technology. The common graduate of a medical technology has to be well versed in several fields to include hematology, chemistry, immnohematology, microbiology, immunology, optics, hydraulics, electronics, and the list goes on. I spend over 60 hours each year in continuing education that is state mandated. The mistake was made by a corporation out to make a killing selling us material federally mandated for us to prove proficiency in testing. I would prefer not to work with materials that can kill me but by public out cry I am forced to. If you want call someone morons take a look at the company who decided our health was worth taking a risk so the could push a fast growing cheep virus out the door and make more $$$$$$$$$.
I work in a hospital lab as a med tech. We were sent this sample for testing. We get blind samples every 6 months from CAP to check our methodology. We only test for type A and B but don't serotype the sample of virus. I have treated these samples as capable of transmitting disease. I must admit some of my peers are not quite as careful. I had seen the info on the news but didn't think we had received this test kit. I came in to work and asked if we had received a notice from CAP and was told yes. Scared the hell out me because of knowing my peers don't take the same precautions I do. I really don't think the general public have a clue what happens in a modern (well kinda modern) hospital laboratory. I have handled petri dishes with enough sterp bacteria to infect a small city or blood samples capable of infecting half the country with HIV. We handle samples that will kill you before you know has happened. In collage we proformed a little experiment, We took a common bowl flora E.Colli and in 10 days made it resistant to ever antibiotic but Cipro (just in case we needed to be treated for it). Docs are doing this experiment every day due to peps demanding the magic pill to cure all that is wrong with them. Just think about this ... It would only take one really pissed off person, a few petri dishes, very little knowledge, a little time, and the right opportunity to make the world a very nasty place to live.