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Hygienic, water-based, non-toxic wall coatings can actively combat the deadly MRSA bug. The author explains how they work.
Considering that MRSA - the hospital 'superbug' - is now endemic in most UK hospitals, it's not surprising that the deadly bug is making the headlines on a regular basis. One Sunday newspaper has even launched a crusade calling on the Government to take urgent action to prevent MRSA, which has now won the backing of the Health Secretary, John Reid.
The bug, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is defying almost everything that medical science has to offer, and appears to be gaining even more resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotics have gradually worked their way into the food chain and humans have built up a greater resistance to them, leading to thier over-prescription, with bigger doses, in the past two decades.
MRSA can be carried harmlessly on the skin and in the nose, but it is an insidious bacteria and once it enters the body, it is very difficult to kill. If allowed to enter the body via a wound, sore or intravenous device, MRSA can, at worst, cause the need for limb amputation or even death. The first MRSA epidemic occurred in the 1980's, when nine people died and more than 500 contracted the bug.
The statistics for MRSA nowadays are shocking and experts have called for the Health Service to get a grip on the crisis. Edward Leigh MP, Chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, says: "There is more the NHS could do to combat this problem. It must be addressed as a matter or urgency and should be allocated adequate resources." |
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MRSA killer coating in POLYMERS PAINT COLOUR JOURNAL - PPCJ, Vol. 194, N° 4472 (01/2004)
