Bug scare for 18 children at Dublin hospital

Hitchens

Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin confirmed a bug that can cause infection had been detected on equipment used to carry out colonoscopies.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/bug-scare-for-18-children-at-dublin-hospital-601489.html


This is some serious stuff. The bug is resistant to most antibiotics. This coming now just after the CJD fiasco. Worrying for the parents of the kids!

something something cutbacks.

Senna

OH NO, a bum bug!!

Ruudi_Mentari

That was likely my mam, she runs the canteen albeit with no sense of hygiene :pac:

if its so serious a bug I hope they have a handle on it. Am only a stone's throw!

4zn76tysfajdxp

stankratz wrote: »

something something cutbacks.

They should shove those cutbacks up their arse.

Samsgirl

Would like to see how smart ye would be if your child was involved.

Celly Smunt

Senna wrote: »

OH NO, a bum bug!!

they're sick kids man,come on.

B.A._Baracus

stankratz wrote: »

something something cutbacks.

Senna wrote: »

OH NO, a bum bug!!

Pretty much sums up after hours doesnt it? ... I mean we are talking about kids getting sick here. Not really that funny is it? ... They're bloody kids.

But hey, fuck it, open season right? :rolleyes: But oh no, dont you DARE make jokes about homsexuals or black people (etc) Thats just wrong! ... but sick kids? thats ok.


Something be fucked up.

Ruudi_Mentari

It did make the news, so I hope they have it under control.

Hande hoche!

Hopefully the kids haven't caught this bug.

goz83

And we pay our taxes to make these places safe. Effin retards the lot of em.

KKkitty

Really hope no one has been affected by it.

Hersheys

Bit of mass hysteria reporting. It's a bad bug but nothing on the scale of c diff or mrsa. It will not be killed antibios with a beta lactamase ring but many antibios don't have this ring.

The crux of this is that the hospital need to increase their cleaning levels as it could be horrendous should something similar happens with c diff or mrsa. Thankfully science is advancing to combat these bugs. But unfortunately bugs are also advancing.

gctest50

goz83 wrote: »

And we pay our taxes to make these places safe. Effin retards the lot of em.

Ah now - they clean them every month O.o

All scopes are examined and cleaned every four weeks.

- http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0723/464236-crumlin-childrens-hospital/

apollo8

Unlike the other scare involving CJD there is no excuse here for instruments not being sterile,just not fcukin good enough.

Hersheys

gctest50 wrote: »

Ah now - they clean them every month O.o



- http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0723/464236-crumlin-childrens-hospital/

Scopes go through a rigorous cleaning between use & are stored in a sterile cleansing solution. They would be uv sterilised/irradiated every 4 weeks.

downonthefarm

Hersheys wrote: »

Scopes go through a rigorous cleaning between use & are stored in a sterile cleansing solution. They would be uv sterilised/irradiated every 4 weeks.

would they use autoclave too?

endacl

Hitchens wrote: »

This is some serious stuff. The bug is resistant to most antibiotics. This coming now just after the CJD fiasco.

You want extra outrage with that 'fiasco'?

:rolleyes:

Hersheys

downonthefarm wrote: »

would they use autoclave too?

Depends on the materials in the scope. And bizzarly not all hospitals have autoclaves. Most waste is sterilised off site. Repeated autoclaving can degrade material whereas uv irradiation doesn't.

downonthefarm

Hersheys wrote: »

Depends on the materials in the scope. And bizzarly not all hospitals have autoclaves. Most waste is sterilised off site. Repeated autoclaving can degrade material whereas uv irradiation doesn't.

thanks man,i think they use gamma rays?

gctest50

Hersheys wrote: »

Depends on the materials in the scope. And bizzarly not all hospitals have autoclaves. Most waste is sterilised off site. Repeated autoclaving can degrade material whereas uv irradiation doesn't.

Probably lucky to have a bucket out the back




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FbOSSsu58U

downonthefarm

i work in pharma myself so cant believe this could happen.wouldnt like to be the man who has to meet reilly over this

biko

OMG!


Oh wait nothing happened.

Sofiztikated

Was it a spider?

I'll bet it was a spider.

Kids don't like spiders.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Crumlin Hospital is actually very clean and very safe and was commended on that in a recent HIQA report which was very critical of many other hospitals.
As an aside my daughter works there as a heathcare assistant and she tells me that she has never seen staff so careful about hygiene, proper handwashing, etc.
A paper never refuses ink but hysterical headlines do not always get borne out by the facts!

Hitchens

The wrong people were notified, according to RTE News...........but sure it's probably being sensationalized if some are to be believed :eek: