Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Hospital-acquired infections
In yesterdays Daily sun (Jan. 1, 2015, page A4) there was a Q&A with the president and CEO of the Central Florida Health Alliance.
Q: What's the top accomplishment for 2014? A: "We have been working for several years behind the scenes to decrease our hospital-acquired infections and improve our patient-safety ratings. And all of those began to be recognized by the outside national companies that look at these things and rank hospitals." My comment: Having just read the book, "Missing Microbes", by Martin J. Blaser, MD, I learned that hospitals give people antibiotics before open heart surgery to prevent infection. Is this how hospitals are dealing with the problem? What about other operations, do they get routine antibiotics too? Is this the reason why some hospitals are doing better? Is this the right way to go about preventing infections? I thought they had new special equipment to automatically disinfect rooms etc.. Lack of information leads to speculation: The newspaper is often full of statistics but there were none concerning the rate of infections. What percentage of patients had hospital-acquired infections in previous years compared to those in 2014? If there was truly significant improvement, why not let us in on the details and tell us how it was accomplished. |
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If you use google scholar as your search engine you can search for medical studies using whatever parameters you choose You may then look at the hits. Some will only be links to a brief summary as the whole article will be hidden behind a paywall. Other times you can read the whole study. You will find the answer to the risk vs benefit of prophylactic antibiotics in those studies much more likely than on this forum.
For articles on use in heart surgery since 2011 you will get results such as this prophylactic antibiotics heart surgery - Google Scholar |
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Hospital-acquired infections
As blue ash points out almost all operations, and many other procedures,involve the use of prophylactic antibiotics. They are usually administered within 60 minutes prior to the start of a procedure. The purpose is to reduce the opportunity for an infection to develop.
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JAMA Network | JAMA Surgery | Timing of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis and the Risk of Surgical Site Infection The following statement, from the above link, got my attention: "Numerous studies have failed to demonstrate that adherence to the Surgical Care Improvement Project prophylactic antibiotic timely administration measure is associated with decreased surgical site infection (SSI)." Therefore it seems if The Villages hospital is making progress with this problem it's not because of prophylactic antibiotics. We still don't know the extent of the problem, like what is their infection rate and how does it compare with previous years. Or: How many people die each year from infections? There's no substitute for them being straight-forward with the public. |
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Too many assumptions being rendered here
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And accusations....................
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Per usual
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If you want to go back to the days before penicillin, head for the hills, build an off-grid hut, and don't go to a doctor or dentist.
Here is an excerpt from a memoir of those "wonderful" pre-penicillin days: The discovery of penicillin has often been described as a miracle drug, and that is exactly what it was. Prior to the discovery of penicillin, death could occur in what would seem, today, to be very trivial injuries and diseases. It could occur from minor wounds that became infected or from diseases such as Strep Throat, and venereal diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea were a much more serious issue.Penicillin, The Wonder Drug …. |
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As far as how many people die each year from hospital infections, I'm not assuming anything. It might be zero. Wikipedia: Zero is a number. So again I ask, "How many people die each year from infections?" If prophylactic antibiotics have no positive outcome, should patients be needlessly exposed to them? |
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As a preventative measure, because of a knee replacement, for two years I'm required to take an anti-biotic before I have my teeth cleaned. I don't worry about it. I think that needless worrying about statistics is just another way to shorten a healthy lifespan.
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If I recall correctly, I gave the OP a link several months ago that provided access to the most recent CDC report on hospital related deaths and hospital acquired infections. It was about 97 pages long.
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Excellent suggestion!
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Why is the use of prophylactic antibiotics before surgery of interest to you?
Do you think from reading your book that you have sufficient information to call for the abandonment of prophylactic antibiotics before surgery? What is the point of your inquiry? Has it been suggested that you have surgery? Do you dislike the use of antibiotics because you feel the use of any medicine is in conflict with your views on healthy diet? What is the point of your interest and concern and how is it tied to your healthy diet and your abhorrence of obesity?
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