Photograph of Child Washing Hands courtesy of Rob Monroe Photograph of Petri Dish Courtesy of Ruth Rogers Should you use antibacterial or “regular” soap to wash your hands? Should you use soap at all? I had a teacher in medical school who believed that rinsing hands was as good as using soap. Wrong! Studies show [...]
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Is It a Wash? Antibacterial VS Regular Soap
Posted in Infections, tagged antibacterial soap, clostridium difficile, cold, colds, community acquired, flu, germs, handwashing, hospital acquired, influenza, methicillin resistant staph aureus, regular soap, rhinovirus, sing happy birthday, soap, staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin resistant enterococcus, wash for twenty seconds, wash hands on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Patients with H1N1 at Higher Risk for Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Posted in Infections, tagged H1N1, influenza H1N1, pneumoccocal pneumonia, pneumococcus, pneumovax, prevnar, swine flu, vaccination on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although most children, young adults and pregnant women are at highest risk for H1N1 swine flu infections, older adults with H1N1 infections are more likely to develop pneumonia with pneumococcus bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control has urged physicians to make sure their adult patients are vaccinated with pneumococcal saccharide (with 23 pneumococcal components) vaccine (e.g. [...]
Seizures Noted in Four Children with Influenza A H1N1 “Swine Flu”
Posted in Infections, tagged brain, CDC, children, influenza a, novel influenza A H1N1, seizures, swine flu on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The CDC reported at least four children in Texas diagnosed with novel influenza A (swine flu) developed concerning brain symptoms, including seizures. All the children recovered without complications. Last updated August 21, 2009 by Dr. Vee
Eradication of H. pylori Reduces Risk of Stomach Cancer
Posted in Infections, tagged acid reduction, adenocarcinoma of stomach, antrum, bacteria, endoscope, endoscopy, h. pylori, helicobacter pylori, proton pump inhibitors, stomach biopsy, stomach cancer on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A recent metanalysis (pooling the results of different studies on the same research study) of randomized research studies, motly done in Asia, showed a significant reduction of stomach cancer when a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori was eliminated from patients who were originally found to have the bacteria. The bacteria is found when a tissue [...]
Bacteria Growing on Cell Phones of Healthcare Workers
Posted in Infections, tagged bacteria, cellphones, doctors, hands, handwashing, health care workers, methicillin resistant staph aureus, MRSA, nurses, ties on August 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A recent study conducted in Turkey showed that cell phones used by doctors, nurses and other health care staff have significant growth of bacteria. Ninety percent of health care workers said they never cleaned their cellphones. 200 doctors, nurses and other health care staff agreed to have their hands and their cell phones tested for [...]
Hand Washing Reduces the Spread of Swine Flu H1N1
Posted in Infections, Uncategorized, tagged 20 seconds, animal waste, antibacterial soap, before and after preparing food, between fingers, blowing nose, caring for sick person, contact lenses, diaper, dorsum of hands, dressing wound, faucet, fingernails, foam soap, hand washing, Influenza A h1n1, liquid soap, palms of hands, paper towels, poultry, raw meat, rinse with water, sneezing, swine flu, thumbs on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Handwashing is the single most important measure to prevent the spread of infections, including colds and flu. Photograph Courtesy of Amaya1991. 20 seconds hand washing is recommended to remove germs. Should you use regular or antibacterial soap? Depends on what kinds of germs you are trying to remove. Read more: http://generalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/hand_washing_prevents_swine_flu_infection#ixzz0FGHFrxXi&B Last edited May 4, 2010 [...]
Here is my television interview on how to prevent the spread of swine flu
Posted in Infections, tagged cough, elbow, H1N1, hand washing, influenza a, prevetion of spread, swine flu on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click Here to Hear my Interview on WJXT. Hand washing, coughing into your elbow and not your hands and cleaning surfaces are all measures to prevent the spread of H1N1 Influenza.
Areas Commonly Missed with Hand Washing
Posted in Infections, tagged bacteria, BBC News, clostridium difficile, germs, hand washing, methicillin resistant staph aureus, missed areas, soap, swine flu, vancomycin resistant enterococcus, viruses on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From BBC News Should you use Regular or Antibacterial Soap to fight germs? Find out the difference between the two types of soap. Last updated May 4, 2010 by Dr. Vee
Sing Happy Birthday While You Wash for 15-20 Seconds
Posted in Infections, tagged back of hands, bacteria, commonly missed areas during handwashing, East Devon.gov.UK, fingernails, hand washing, handwashing diagram, handwashing teniques, influenza, palm to palm, prevention, six stages, six steps of handwashing, swine flu, viruses, web spaces between fingers on May 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wash Hands for 20 Seconds (Sing Happy Birthday Twice to Time Yourself) Hand washing Diagram from EastDevon.gov.UK What are the Commonly Missed Areas During Handwashing? Regular soap VS. Antibacterial soap? Which one should you use? Check out, Is it a Wash? Last updated May 4, 2010 by Dr. Vee
2009 Swine Flu Infections in Humans
Posted in Infections, tagged 160 degrees farenheit, Amantadine, CDC, Centers for Diease Control, fever, flu shot, H1N1, influenza A virus, Mexico, New York, oseltamivir, outbreaks, pork, rimantadine, swine flu, upper respiratory infection, zanamivir on April 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What is Swine Influenza? Swine flu is an influenza virus that causes an upper respiratory illness, and occasionally death, in pigs. It is an Influenza A virus. There are three main types of Influenza A viruses: human, pig (swine) and bird (avian) type. Swine flu does not usually affect humans, but if the strain mutates, it may be capable of infecting humans. Humans can then [...]
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