LUNAR ECLIPSE REVISITED by Kurt Garrett 12/21/2010

All the essentials needed for a night/morning observing the 2010 lunar eclipse in the northern hemisphere.
A  picture is worth a thousand words:

Restore Science to Its Rightful Place...by Kurt A. Garrett

I stood in the frigid cold on top of the US Grant Memorial that balmy day when President Obama proclaimed during his inaugural address to the nation:

"For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.  The state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift.  And we will act, not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.  We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.  We'll restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.  We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.  And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.  All this we can do.  All this we will do."

The challenge and call was clear, besides our normal citizenship we (scientists) were called to "wield technology's wonders…"  I agree with the president: this we can do, this we will do.

Who Is Responsible for Containing The Spread of Nosocomial Infections and MRSA in Healthcare Facilities?

Kurt Garrett pm on November 29th, 2010 :

Nosocomial diseases are manageable while the cost of lives and resources increase, who is courageous enough to step outside the box to evaluate new technologies?

Hank Campbell 4:51pm on December 3rd, 2010 :
What does that even mean? It isn't like millions of people are in boxes in hospitals asking to let patients be infected.


Kurt Garrett 9:42pm on December 7th, 2010 :

It is the responsibility of health professionals to provide safe service to consumers. It is unthinkable that nosocomial infections for cardiac and neurological surgeries are more than 50%. Consider this: what professional team in any industry would allow such high failures? Disinfection methods and technologies exist. Consequently, when these are not employed we should not expect changes in the rate of infection of the types mentioned.

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 To Be Continued.

A Board Discussion about Infections in Health Facilities found at http://www.science20.com/