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    Nov 25, 2009, 12:30 PM
    MRSA from computer keyboard
    Wall Street Journal said the main spread of MRSA in hospitals is nurses putting data into computer then reinfecting when they use the computer again. They said only disinfectant works but the germs have penetrated into the computer in time.

    Computer Filth: Computer Bacteria & Workstation Germs
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    Nov 25, 2009, 12:39 PM
    Well we've had computer keyboards for about 35 years now and typewriters have existed for about 100 years, along with doorknobs and other widely touched implements. I think we're going to live. :)
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    Nov 25, 2009, 12:45 PM

    The article is saying that is WHY/how MRSA is worse in hospitals. It is hard to disinfect computer keyboards because it can ruin the computer. Non electronic typewriters and door knobs can be more easily disinfedcted.
    We may live but that isn't helping the people that are effected by MRSA because of a hospital stay.

    The American Medical Association's journal, reported that there were an estimated 18,650 MRSA deaths in the U.S. in 2005. An average of 20, MRSA deaths are reported each year.
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    Nov 25, 2009, 01:19 PM

    Any medical cleaning has to be completed using the proper chemicals with a kill rate that works. The problem is and has been they (hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, etc) are not being cleaned on a regular basis with the care necessary. A lot of this has been traced to training or lack there of.

    You can clean the keyboard and the mouse by using a common sense method. Do not spray directly unto these items and ruin them, spray the cloth and then wipe clean. In most cases a quat cleaner is used.

    Obviously all cleaning should be accomplished using a hazardous universal program.

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    Nov 25, 2009, 01:42 PM

    I agree Stringer plus with what I see many places do not want to hire enough help. Also like where I work they outfit that is contracted to clean the University keeps saying they are not doing this and that any longer. They sit and watch TV and refuse to do their work.

    I think the article is saying that you have to use a disinfectant to get rid of MRSA germs but that the germs get INto your computer deeper than what you can clean.
    I agree putting the cleaner on the cloth is the best way to protect the electronics as much as possible.
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    Nov 25, 2009, 03:33 PM
    We have cavi wipes that we use to disinfect our keyboards along with many other non-porous surfaces.
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    Nov 25, 2009, 03:37 PM

    Hopefully they are being used more and more everywhere. I think it is a good idea that they are coming up with a new type keyboard to help combat the problem.
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    Nov 27, 2009, 02:14 PM

    They used to use keyboard covers that eliminated that problem. Clear vinyl or nitrile "dust"covers were easily sterilizable. Navy hospitals had sterile computers in the Surgical suite way back in the 70's.

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