I am reading your post and I am coming up with questions on the fly - you mention how "anti-bacterial washes" is leading to an increase in antibiotic resistant organisms. I have never heard of the two being connected - do you have any recommendations for journal articles that would link the two? Does it have to do with people being exposed to fewer bacterium, which results in a less honed immune system, which then results in more rampant infections and the body being unable to fight off the infections as they arise?
I actually love it when people wash their hands with an alcohol based hand wash, especially in a health care setting, and even in the community because with the rise in community based care it really is unknown who in the community does have a compromised immune system. MRSA is absolutely everywhere regardless - and I shudder to think what is on a Safeway carts handles.
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