Though I rarely like to talk about negative things, but given the scope of this problem I feel I must mention it. In yesterday's New York Times, there was an article , Deadly Bacteria Found to Be More Common, which reported that in 2005, 19,000 people have died in the U.S. after being infected with a virulent drug-resistant bacterial have spread through hospitals and nursing homes. The germ is called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureau, or MRSA.
To put that number in perspective that is more than would have died from HIV-AIDS, Parkinson's disease, emphysema or homicide each year.
Researchers say that the germ is twice as common as previously thought.
According to the article, the study also concluded that 85% of invasive MRSA infections are associated with health care treatment. Previous research had indicated that many hospitals and long-term care centers had become breeding grounds for MRSA because bacteria could be transported from patient to patient by doctors, nurses and unsterilized equipment.
