AW: AW: [HSF] Re: Post op antibiotics, double gloving

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In a message dated 10/4/2007 7:10:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
benjamin.bidstrup at bigpond.com writes:

Very  little infection comes from the surgeon. 
Masks and gloves are more for our  protection.

>It is very simple to think that washing more our hands  the patients will be
>more protected against infection, ...but what  about the patient´s skin and
>so on?
>



The fact is that the patient is protected from infection by the whole  system 
which includes every detail in and out of the operating suite. If any one  of 
us were to sit down and make a list of possible failures of prevention  of  
infection I bet it would not be hard to reach a 100.  That is  why there is 
some virtue in forcing the issue by refusing to pay for infectious  
complications. My suspicion is that this edict may be a deliberate move to  manipulate the 
health care system, to force it into a free enterprise  competitive  mold.
Bob 



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