"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
SARS Update: This week’s Lancet (free registration required) is full of SARS news. Turns out the disease is less severe in young children for some reason.
It also turns out that respiratory droplet precautions (masks, gloves, handwashing) are essential in preventing the spread of the disease:
All participants were surveyed about use of mask, gloves, gowns, and hand-washing, as recommended under droplets and contact precautions when caring for index patients with SARS. 69 staff who reported use of all four measures were not infected, whereas all infected staff had omitted at least one measure.
Maybe Chuck Simmins is right, after all. Sloppy precautions on the part of hospital staff members may have played a critical role in the disease’s spread. posted by Sydney on
5/05/2003 08:24:00 AM
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