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• Swine Flu and Hospital Acquired Infections

  Frank Bailey | April 26, 2009 12:42 PM | 21 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Swine flu confirmed in a Queens school…what next? Although these cases are mild, is it possible this virus could mutate much like the viruses have in antibiotic resistant strains? Remember...

• MRSA Invades The House Of Representatives Gym

  Frank Bailey | April 15, 2009 5:04 PM | 20 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  MRSA has invaded the House of Representatives gym. The gym is used by some of the most powerful people in government. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, is a regular. I have been blogging...

• Hospital Acquired Infections and C. diff.

  Frank Bailey | April 11, 2009 4:29 PM | 10 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Hospital acquired infections are on the rise in the United States. I have recently been blogging about MRSA, but today I want to address another killer, Clostridium difficile or “C....

• MRSA And Your Life Update

  Frank Bailey | April 05, 2009 9:16 AM | 10 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  MRSA. How would you like to die from a preventable infection you contracted while hospitalized for minor surgery? That is what is happening to thousands of people every year. Is it possible the CDC,...

• Will Influenza Epidemic Repeat History?

  Frank Bailey | April 26, 2009 4:06 PM | 9 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  The more a person thinks about the recent outbreak of swine flu the more convincing is the argument that these deadly microbes such as MRSA and VRE must be stopped. In 1918 there was a influenza...

• MRSA: Can It Come From Food Animals?

  Frank Bailey | April 22, 2009 4:17 PM | 9 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Ever dream of being eaten alive by trillions of microbes? Since I started blogging about MRSA, C. diff. and VRE, I have. Take a look at my previous blogs; MRSA in the House of Representatives Gym...

• Guidelines For Preventing MRSA And VRE

  Frank Bailey | April 13, 2009 3:53 PM | 9 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Thanks to Michael Bennett for his comment and link to the 2003 SHEA Guidelines for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus. The...

• US Airways Flight 1549:Tort Reform and the Media Bias

  Paul Ford | January 27, 2009 1:51 PM | 9 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  We can all vividly recall the news of the Miracle on the Hudson when the U.S. Airways miraculously landed in the Hudson River just minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. The story saturated...

• Why Do We Continue To Have MRSA In Our Hospitals?

  Frank Bailey | April 08, 2009 3:54 PM | 8 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  What’s new about hospital acquired infections that will change the landscape? Can it be that lawsuits which would have failed a few years ago now have a chance of winning? Can it be that the...

• Members of the Military Cannot Always Get the Compensation They Deserve

  Drew Dixon | October 22, 2008 4:37 PM | 8 CommentsBentonville , AR

  After watching a recent episode of Boston Legal, I became interested in the Feres doctrine. This doctrine stems from the Supreme Court case Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950). In the...