TSA spreading infectious diseases.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Cindy

I doubt you have, you are not the only person to work in the medical profession. I still wash my hands at home the way I was taught. But you made a blanket statement. So, you saw 2 people in a video. That doesn't mean they all don't change gloves.

Cindy you are right there is no way to "know" but I agree with Coadie, most likely they don't change. That would mean more cost.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Esther

Cindy you are right there is no way to "know" but I agree with Coadie, most likely they don't change. That would mean more cost.

They would only change if they were coming into direct contact with someone's body fluids, IMO Although I do agree about the cost part.

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Esther

Cindy you are right there is no way to "know" but I agree with Coadie, most likely they don't change. That would mean more cost.

Out of the scores of airports I have gone thru over the years, none have sinks in the areas of passenger screeing and boarding. None.

Everytime a TSA agent puts on a pair of gloves they contaminate them. The agents dirty hands contact the outside of the glove which contacts the passenger.

[coadie]

List of STD's

STDs are divided into several groups according to their pathogenic causes:

BACTERIAL:

# Chancroid (Haemophillius ducreyi); # Chlamydia infection (Chlamydia trachomatis); # Donovanosis (Granuloma inguinale or Calymmatobacterium granulomatis); # Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae); # Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (Clamydia trachomatis serotypes L1, L2, L3) # Non gonococcal urethritis (NGU) (Ureaplasma urealyticum or Mycoplasma hominis); # Syphilis (Treponema pallidum); etc.

VIRAL:

# Cytomegalovirus; # Hepatitis B; # Herpes /HSV (Herpes simplex virus); # Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS); # Human Papilloma Virus (HPV); # Molluscum (MC); # Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); etc.


PARASITES:

# Pubic Lice or, more popular, "crabs" (Phthirius pubis); # Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei); etc. FUNGAL: # Candidiasis (thrush) (Candida albicans) can be sexually transmitted but not strictly an STD;

PROTOZOAL:

# Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis)

Cindy which of these are passed on by body fluids?
Which are anearobic?
Which can be found in living form on a latex glove after contact?

http://www.cdc.gov/std/

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by coadie

List of STD's

STDs are divided into several groups according to their pathogenic causes:

BACTERIAL:

# Chancroid (Haemophillius ducreyi); # Chlamydia infection (Chlamydia trachomatis); # Donovanosis (Granuloma inguinale or Calymmatobacterium granulomatis); # Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae); # Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (Clamydia trachomatis serotypes L1, L2, L3) # Non gonococcal urethritis (NGU) (Ureaplasma urealyticum or Mycoplasma hominis); # Syphilis (Treponema pallidum); etc.

VIRAL:

# Cytomegalovirus; # Hepatitis B; # Herpes /HSV (Herpes simplex virus); # Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS); # Human Papilloma Virus (HPV); # Molluscum (MC); # Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); etc.


PARASITES:

# Pubic Lice or, more popular, "crabs" (Phthirius pubis); # Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei); etc. FUNGAL: # Candidiasis (thrush) (Candida albicans) can be sexually transmitted but not strictly an STD;

PROTOZOAL:

# Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis)

Cindy which of these are passed on by body fluids?
Which are anearobic?
Which can be found in living form on a latex glove after contact?

http://www.cdc.gov/std/

Yuck, I don't know Coadie. Are there a lot of people walking around with these things on the outside of their clothing? I know head lice might be spread that way, if they check your hair.

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Yuck, I don't know Coadie. Are there a lot of people walking around with these things on the outside of their clothing? I know head lice might be spread that way, if they check your hair.

Everything is infected. AIDS/herpes is not passed easily at all without being carried by something moist. Airplane seats are disinfected using stuff similar to lysol.

http://www.hospitalmanagement.net/co...aning/hygiena/

There is an idustry that tests for clean even in hospitals. Hospitals today fight transmission of Staph

After glancing at the screeners when I fly

They would be perfect for:

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans.

Helping people share disease.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by coadie

Everything is infected. AIDS/herpes is not passed easily at all without being carried by something moist. Airplane seats are disinfected using stuff similar to lysol.

http://www.hospitalmanagement.net/co...aning/hygiena/

There is an idustry that tests for clean even in hospitals. Hospitals today fight transmission of Staph

After glancing at the screeners when I fly

They would be perfect for:



Helping people share disease.

Yeah, and you're all closed up in an airplane together. YUCK, I'm surprised a lot of diseases don't get spread there. I guess most of us never think about that possibility. Maybe someone could suggest to the TSA about doing a better job at protecting people.