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01 Nov

Handwash

Published by MacDoctor on November 1st, 2009
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The Sunday Star Times makes the rather obvious connection between the spread of the Superbug ESBL and the lax hand-washing practices of staff, particularly doctors. I will be the first to admit that we doctors are a slack bunch in general when it comes to hand-washing. “There are many excuses healthcare workers come up with [...]

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Category: Alcohol, Hospitals, Medical Practice, SciBlogs

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06 Sep

Spam Journalism #55

Published by MacDoctor on September 6th, 2009
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Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article. Today, the Tabloid on Sunday delivers a double dose of spam (actually there is way more where these came from, but these are all I can be bothered to blog about): Superbug fears under microscope MercyAscot has appointed an [...]

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Category: Infectious Diseases, Media, Spam, Stupidity

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