"""""Just open the cockpit windows, crack the back door and you have a forced air system to keep the nasty germs away from the pilots
Well it works when someone in the cockpit farts
Can't quite believe such a pathetic excuse for not using the 139 - I'm sure the crews are rather embarrassed.""""
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Opening the windows and doors and blowing the bacteria all round the aircraft is probably the stupidest thing you could do.
The piece below and the link about a young man from our area who contracted the disease when under a year old say it all. The effect of a crew member or a member of the maintenance team taking this back to their own family does not bare thinking about.
Maybe somebody did a risk assessment and got it right.
I doubt the crews have anything to be embarrassed about.
The Responder’s Guide to Meningitis
BY KEVIN T. COLLOPY, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT, SCOTT R. SNYDER, BS, NREMT-P, SEAN M. KIVLEHAN, MD, MPH, NREMT-P ON DEC 1, 2012
"Following the transport of any suspected meningitis patient, regardless of etiology, or the interfacility transport of a confirmed bacterial meningitis case, thorough decontamination of the ambulance and transport stretcher is essential. There are many commercial chemical cleaning solutions; however, a 1-to-100 bleach-to-water solution is effective as well. If you use a commercial solution, be sure to follow the manufacturer’s cleaning recommendations.
Inside the ambulance, every horizontal and vertical surface needs proper cleaning. The need for this was highlighted in a 2008 study that tested for the presence of bacteria on the surfaces of ambulance patient compartments and found that all surfaces tested positive not only for bacterial growth, but for four identified bacteria prone to antibiotic resistance.8 Then in 2009, 1 of 3 EMS provider stethoscopes tested positive for MRSA-resistant bacteria.9 The message: Don’t forget to clean your stethoscope as well. Failure to properly decontaminate surfaces a patient touches risks infecting other patients."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-ballet.html
MENINGITIS survivor Harvey Phillips is getting a big kick from being in his football squad.
The battling football fan is a member of Louth Old Boys under-8s team – seven years after courageously surviving the meningococcal strain of the disease.
Despite having his lower limbs and part of his arms amputated by surgeons, Harvey has enjoyed being a team member and has completed his first season with the Old Boys.
He took part in a football tournament organised by the club which attracted 1,200 people to Louth's London Road Pavilion.
On the first day of the two-day event, 75 teams took part, including Harvey's squad.
His dad Darren said: "They have had a great season and Harvey has loved being able to play football with his friends."