I missed the Tuesday Community Meeting today in Boquete Panama. Donna O’Toole was kind enough to let me upload her Power Point Presentation. I cannot make much of a comment beyond saying in Panama and everyplace else this is a serious issue to be considered before surgery.
Hospital acquired infection presentation
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One more thing – insist that any provider sanitize the stethoscope or any other reusable instrument touching your skin before they use it on you. Watch them do it. Hospital safety procedures call for this but it is seldom done, even in the states.