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To: Ish who wrote (60020)	5/28/2001 10:35:20 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

From what the physician said, the snake does not have to be of the deadly variety to play host to pseudomonas. Years ago, when I worked in an ER, one snakebite victim who remains clearly etched in my mind was the one who brought his attacking snake to the ER. Not a bad idea, really. We always like to know as much as we can with regards to patients and what we might be dealing with. However, this guy, of long ago, arrived at the ER and immediately whipped this really huge and quite lively reptile out of a shopping bag. The suddenness of his action and the size of the snake, among other things, had quite a startling effect on the ER staff and the other patients. Nobody said anything about pseudomonas back then, however. BTW, I can believe that about the computer fans sucking in the germs from the general hospital atmosphere. It makes a lot of sense. My computer cubicle is fairly well removed from the patient areas, and the ventilation system sucks (or maybe doesn't) and just plain doesn't seem to circulate or otherwise work too terribly well. Now I realize that that may not be such a bad thing. Rest assured, it would never occur to me to lick my computer, or even kiss it.