As I write this post, I am relying primarily on the vision of my left eye, as my right eye vision has been impaired for the last several days now. Last week, I noticed acute blurry right eye vision, and went to the ED, remembering that acutely blurred vision was an indication for prompt evaluation […]
Is Hospital Infection Control Rational?
The short answer to the above question is, “No.” In the hospital, everyone who comes in is tested by swabbing their nose for MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus) carriage. Somewhere in the vicinity of 1 in 3 otherwise healthy people are positive for growing this bug in their nose, and in an effort to limit the […]
Adventures of a Hospital Pillowcase
On rounds one morning, we were talking to a patient and I notice that one of the pillowcases was stenciled with black letters saying “Property of X Hospital.” What was interesting is that we were in a completely different hospital, Y, about two hours away from the hospital stamped on the pillowcase. That got me […]
