Stop Hospital Staph Infections.

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MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is resistant to methicillin and penicillin based antibiotics. These facts are often hidden from view or seriously played down by the health industry as a whole.

Sixty five percent of all Hospital acquired staff infections are MRSA.

MRSA is often life threatening for the elderly, the Young and those who are immune compromised.This Antibiotic resistant strain accounts for 100,000 deaths each year and has reportedly affected as many as two million People. The true account of those who have been afflicted have not been fully recognized because several states still refuse to mandate reporting of antibiotic strains of infections.

Today most Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Rehab Centers refuse to test people who have the greatest incidence of life threatening risk. Our Seniors are often immune deficient and have the greatest need to be tested. Still care givers continue to undermine the risk and the extent of the problem. Frequency of Hospitalization and Compromised immune systems should be reason enough to warrant frequent MRSA testing.However our Health Institutions find this Idea wasteful and idiotic.

MRSA in the Health setting is often associated with Antibiotic Resistant Pneumonia, Antibiotic resistant Urinary track infections,antibiotic resistant Bloodstream infections and surgical site infections that are antibiotic resistant. In some cases their is no antibiotic that can stop the spread of infection and in other cases, the Antibiotics Used can cause serious disabilities. Such is the case with Vancomycin that has been known to shut down Healthy Kidneys in the treatment of MRSA.

I believe that legislation is needed to protect the interest of our citizens that bare the result of gross negligence from the State's Department of Health to the Institutions themselves. I propose that high risk patients be tested upon arrival to the emergency room and /or upon admittance to Hospital, Nursing Home,or a Rehab Center. Furthermore, I propose a manditory disclosure of all antibiotic resistant infections based on billing codes, and /or doctor reports and/or Lab reports. These disclosures to be made public by catagory and by institution from the Web site of the State's Department of Health.

We the Undersigned do hear by request that Legislation be provided to stop the rapid spread of Hospital Acquired Infections.Mrsa accounts for 65 percent of all Hospital Acquired Infections that could be prevented.We want reasonable measures that address Staph Infections and bring transparency to Hospital Acquired Infections. We would like to thank you for your interests in this Matter.

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8:08 pm PST, Nov 20, Maggie B, South Carolina

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12:14 am PDT, Sep 8, Richard Hollister, Arizona

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2:07 pm PDT, Jul 18, Name not displayed, Vermont

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11:35 am PDT, Jul 5, Susan Gallagher, Massachusetts
I have beern a victim of MRSA and c- diff. These are two very serious that i contected in the hospital and in a rehab center. I was very ill with both of them for six months. We need to educate the public more so that people can become more aware how important it is to wash their hands. I would appreciate any suggestions on how i can go about making a difference. Please e-mail me. Thank You. Susan Gallagher.

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9:01 pm PDT, Jul 1, Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin

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11:39 am PDT, Mar 23, KATHLEEN KIRK, New Jersey
THE SILENT KILLER MY MOM DIED AS A RESULT OF STAPH SHE CONTRACTED IN THE HOSPITAL

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12:17 am PST, Feb 17, Gladys Seykowski, Florida
We are learning of more & more instances of this deadly infectious disease in our hospitals & care giving institutions, so we must pay attention so it will be corrected with extreme caution. It is imperative.

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3:20 am PST, Feb 15, Ange Barrett, United Kingdom

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9:09 pm PST, Jan 22, Roxanne Ganley, Florida
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7:48 am PST, Jan 20, Diane Peterson, New York

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2:57 pm PST, Jan 12, Hazel Seymour, Canada

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9:03 am PST, Jan 12, Tim Redfern, Tennessee

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4:04 pm PST, Jan 11, Wolfweeps Pommawolf, Alaska

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12:52 pm PST, Jan 11, Claudia For the Oceans, Netherlands

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12:06 pm PST, Jan 11, Annelies Ooms, Belgium

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10:03 am PST, Jan 11, Suzanna Van der Voort, Netherlands
I ask the government for transparancy to the public and to take all precautions to make the Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Rehab Centers safe.

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3:28 pm PST, Jan 10, Name not displayed, Florida

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6:53 am PST, Jan 5, Anita Kofta, Wisconsin

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7:37 pm PST, Dec 30, Lisa Turner, Virginia

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5:47 pm PST, Dec 29, Gina Cogeasca, United Kingdom

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4:11 pm PST, Dec 29, Jaime Cammarata, RD, Pennsylvania

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7:50 pm PST, Dec 28, Valerie Hildebrand, Canada

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10:53 am PST, Dec 28, Dawn M. Chapdelaine, Maryland

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9:27 am PST, Dec 28, Barbara Campbell, Texas
I am infavor of stopping this terrible desease, as my late husband was a victum, and his MRSA cost him 4 months in the hospital, and died twice and brought back and only gave him 5-1/2 years more life. All from a dirty saw blade to open the sterm bone. There is far too much of this happening in our hospitals.

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7:12 am PST, Dec 28, Terrie Williams, Texas

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11:49 pm PST, Dec 27, Merissa Hatcher, Kentucky

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12:56 pm PST, Dec 27, Roberto Angarita Vargas, Colombia

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8:34 am PST, Dec 26, Name not displayed, Tennessee

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11:10 pm PST, Dec 25, Dalia Hettfield, California

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1:28 pm PST, Dec 25, Gillian Miller, United Kingdom

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6:54 am PST, Dec 25, Cher Isbell, Texas

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5:13 am PST, Dec 25, Mateja Zerjal, Slovenia

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6:27 pm PST, Dec 23, Gregory Strausbaugh, California

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9:20 am PST, Dec 23, Burak T�rkmen, Turkey

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12:52 am PST, Dec 23, Jason Bowman, California

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10:36 am PST, Dec 22, Maryam Madad, California
We go to hospitals to get better not to get more sick. One death from this is too many. Let's brainstorm and work together to find a way to stop this from ever happening to one more person. We are America and we have so many resources. We just have to put our heads together and take the time.

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6:38 pm PST, Dec 21, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

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6:36 pm PST, Dec 21, Jenny O'Neil, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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6:27 pm PST, Dec 21, PipperLea Nicol, Canada

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2:29 am PST, Dec 21, Name not displayed, Virginia
I, myself have been a victim of mrsa. Thankfully, it was treated with cipro, which worked. The old sulfa based antibiotics seem to be effective, however, I'm allergic to sulfa. This is one NASTY infection, it caused a very painfull skin abcess, it's NO JOKE! Hospitals, of all places need to be SANITARY, & not breeding grounds for disease! Hospitals today are just a big business, cold & insensitive to patients' rights & needs. We need to stop this thing. We need national healthcare like they have in most European nations, & we need it yesterday. Doctors & hospitals need to care about PEOPLE, not money! Stop the spread of mrsa NOW!!!!

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12:46 am PST, Dec 21, Denise Lytle, New Jersey

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