Thanks Louis, I was just correcting Keith's view that MRSA was viral. I wasn't correcting Roy's comment re dust. My bit about contact was merely providing an example of how easily the EBME guys could be exposed to MRSA outside of a clinical area i.e. in the workshop the dust aspect just reinforces it. I should have gone one further and stated the importance of a proper hand washing policy. Our Trust is trying to clampdown on the wearing of scrubs and gowns outside of clinical areas as I suspect mosts hospitals are.
Interestly MRSA was a problem when I joined the NHS 10 years ago and has only really hit the media in last few years. I suspect in the early years hospitals kept quiet in the hope it would sort itself out, I wonder whether the government would have injected the money to tackle it had the press not made it a major news item?
