A study from the University of Maryland and Yale schools of medicine published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in October of 2013 showed that MRSA (methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus) infections could be reduced by 40% if the medical staff would wear gowns and gloves for all patients. This study involved 20 ICUs in 15 states and 92,000 cultures from more than 26,000 patients over a 9 month period in the year 2012.
Presently the CDC recommends gowns and gloves only for those patients with clear infections. Five percent of all people entering the hosopital develop infections they did not have before entering. This leads to about 100,000 deaths annually in the US!
Dr. Len and and Vicki discuss the potential value of coating commonly touched items in patient rooms with copper because it kills 97% of microbes that are on it in just minutes. This would save thousands of lives and would also be cost effective.
