So typical.......

HOSPITAL INFECTIONS
This is with regards to the news report in the New Straits Times (12th July 2005) on "25 doctors, nurses and health workers were infected with TB last year. The air, the staff, the equipment...... Just how safe are our hospitals?"
The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) is of the opinion that this report is timely and a keen reminder to all about the occupational health risks to all health care workers.
The MMA wishes to congratulate and thank the Ministry of Health for being so frank and forthright in its reporting. We wish to reiterate our support to the Ministry of Health in its efforts to make the workplace a safer environment.
All doctors should be reminded of the precautions and procedures to minimize the transmission of infectious diseases. Last week, at the British Medical Association's meeting, doctors in the National Health Service (NHS) were informed that the traditional white coat might in fact be the guilty agent in the transmission of the super bug MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus). There is a reported move to abandon the white coat for the green scrub vest used in North America. Perhaps, the Ministry of Health Malaysia should also study the evidence for this.