Children Visiting Hospitals

[grandmoon]

Why do people take children to visit patients in hospital then let the children run around the corridors and in and out the wards.

Just visited a friend in hospital who has had a work accident and is in the orthopaedic ward.  While we were there 3 children came in to the ward and were crawling under the beds etc.  I took them out to the nurses station and the nurse wasn't very happy as they have been there most day and are just run riot.

[happyroo_bunji]

A very famous case of someone who was a carrier of Typhoid, they weren't sick themselves but passed it onto many people some of whom died.She was nicknamed Typhoid Mary, you can read her story here

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/typhoid_mary/1.html

Mary never believed she was a carrier, as she was never sick.

[azureline**]

richo IMO  all AZ was saying is it could have been one of the visitors that was infected and dint know it that brought it in

yes, visitor or staff.

[happyroo_bunji]

Much like whooping cough, adults can carry the virus and not be sick.  But can pass it to babies who have no immunity.

[0z_girl]

it is also possible that it is picked up during the birth process, caused by group B strep, a common flora which mothers are screened for during pregnancy at around 36 weeks with a vag swab.  even if the test is negative, it is a transient flora which can come and go.  It is a bacteria harmless to mothers, but can be deadly to babies if they pick it up during the birth. 

there are of course other possible causes.

Two other bacteria that sometimes cause meningitis are group B streptococci and Listeria monocytogenes. Meningitis caused by group B streptococci bacteria occurs most often in newborns, who can become infected during or after birth.

http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/tc/meningitis-cause

[0z_girl]

something else I just thought of Richo,

I would suspect they would have done a spinal tap to test the spinal fluid in order to identify which bacteria actually caused it, and also blood cultures

a few questions I would ask to help pin down the cuase are, was she group B strep positive in pregnancy, if positive did she have antibiotics in labour, and what were the results of the lumbar puncture/blood cultures on the baby, did they identify which bacteria caused it?

in any case I am glad bubs pulled through and is on the road to recovery, would have been very scary!

[vampire-teddy]

as with the shopping centre thread, it all comes down to children being taught right from the beginning that in certain places you behave in certain types of ways.  it is called discipline. we would not have been game to play up when we were children and were certainly taught appropriate behaviour.

[serendipityricho]

Thanks Oz girl and others for your replies.

The good thing is the grandie is ok now.

Back to the OP.

Doctors waiting rooms can be a bit suss at times as well.