Friday, September 21, 2012



Microbials in Hospitals- different approach

Recently I was in a hospital for minor same day surgery. I joked with the Doctor that I would prefer the procedure be done in the parking lot because the bacterial there would be less virulent. My joke was not taken well, but it got me thinking about the way we clean hospitals. Our current approach is the Napalm-- nuclear approach. In this plan all Microbials are bad and must be killed. Unfortunately these little critters have been around for billions of years and a little Clorox bleach is not going to kill all of them. In fact, quoting Kelly Clarkson “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is a more accurate statement when it comes to biology. Further, bacteria has an inbreed ability to go into mutation mode if stressed or their neighbors are stressed.  We continue to kill only the weak ones leaving the strong ones to survive and mutate. Why would we think that we could kill off a species that can survive planet killing events?


Gurney’s are used to transfer patient in and out of the operation room. Gurneys wheels need an improved cleaning method. If a sponge or a tool were to fall on the floor it will contaminate the floor with bacteria and or fungus. Then the Gurney rolls over the contaminated area spreading the infection throughout the hospital. A better way might be to transfer the patient into the operating room via a conveyor belt. This would keep the Gurney's outside the operating room. 

Another thought- is to introduce a benign bacterium that loves to eat the flesh eating bacteria and other dangerous bacteria’s. When the Bactria cannot find anything else to eat it starves to death without multiplying (limit the mutation gene).  This way we would be creating more of a balance environment and we would control the type of bacteria living in our operating rooms. This would eliminate the flesh eating bacteria sometimes found in hospitals. Cleaners would clean with benign bacteria which feeds on bad bacteria.


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