Kathy Nabbie

I too am especially concerned about the lack of PPE for the healthcare staff. 

I am also heartbroken to learn that some staff never had Fit tests for FfP3 even though we had training for Ebola which was not airborne. The training should have continued yearly and on induction for new staff as we always have a new virus.

Quite a number of staff still have no idea what a Fit test involves as some hospitals are either not doing them or doing a shortened version.

I am really distressed thinking of healthcare staff who are looking after coronavirus positive patients with inadequate PPE! Many of the patients will die and many healthcare staff will never know if they have the virus unless they get tested.

Hopefully when this is over, government and healthcare leaders will have  learnt from errors made and in future start early to utilise and involve  people who can help to expedite solutions.

With every negative there are always positives. I believe this virus not only brought the world together, it taught the world to wash their hands, the meaning of PPE, fit tests, FFP3 and N95 respirator masks and the value of the roles of everyone in society.

Yes Claire- Lysol contains Hydrogen Peroxide. In my previous comments, you will note that it was used to flush the vagina of women before the gynaecologist delivered the baby.

In 2014, the MHRA

issued a safety  warning about the usage of Hydrogen Peroxide. Since the hazards are many, and also another of my passions, I think it needs a blog which I will be writing soon.

Still sold in the US, I understand Claire, and in UK as Chlorophenol.
My concern here is, it was advertised and  marketed with 'shocking and hilarious' ads, as being the gold star for feminine hygiene in 1920.
However it was so potent, it was used to end an outbreak of cholera in Germany in 1889, the Spanish Flu in 1918 and also as an  effective agent for the influenza virus.
Also, it was used to wash the  bedding and decontaminate the sick rooms and hospital walls!
Marketing and advertising  of products did not think of women then, and one hundred(100) years later, we are still being  used as guinea pigs.
With all the flashy medical devices aimed at  saving time, sedation, space  and money, our frail insides have been Meshed, Flushed and Morcellized to pieces.
We need all the help and support from all  available sources to fight this problem.
-See attached screenshot image of how women were portrayed in 1920 

 

Thank you Claire.

- Recently I have been researching this subject and some tales are gruesome.
Over the years women have been prodded and poked.
As far back as 1920,a product called Lysol- (a disinfectant) was marketed as a feminine hygienic product which preserved youth and marital bliss, used as a birth control agent via post coital douching and also used for abortions .
Gynaecologists flushed the vagina with Lysol solution to prevent infections  before delivering the baby .
 This  practice  was later abandoned, as it was thought its usage  masked more serious problems- perhaps sepsis or even renal failure!
One hundred years onwards, and  women are still experiencing painful procedures and usage of harmful  marketing products.
When will it end? Why are we considered  unequal and  always used as trials?
This is now 2020!-Is it not time to STOP?





 

It's great the hospitals are highlighted in the link- In one story the patient did not know the people in the room- This is poor  practice! Everyone in the room should be introduced to the patient- This is part of protocol and if not followed, is  also disrespectful.

Hello Helen,

I encourage reporting  all near misses.It immediately confirms no harm to the patient, no safeguarding issue, no duty of Candour- It is just a time of praise  and congratulations  and a celebration for the team who reported it! 

Theatre staff really  need this incentive to move forward- Maybe by tapping near miss, the statistics can immediately enter into another system maybe a green light one to highlight and  keep track of data and the number of near misses reported - I am sure there's smart IT technology that can do this-