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To: RealMuLan who wrote (47129)	2/22/2006 2:06:10 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 116555

ggg---A dirty tie could kill you Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: A liberally stained tie is not only the epitome of sloth, it is a lethal weapon - a germ warfare laboratory of terrifying capabilities, says British newspaper The Telegraph Citing a report by the British Medical Association (BMA), the newspaper’s website reported, “The dramatic rise of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) is facilitated by high bed occupancy rates, the increasing movement and turnover of patients, and poor standards of hygiene in healthcare settings.” However, HCAIs are also helped by doctors wearing “functionless” and potentially germ-laden clothing. “Ties, in our view, are an unnecessary piece of clothing,” said Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA’s head of ethics and science. “We recognise that people touch their ties and wear them for a long time. People have to recognise the potential danger.” So, anyone who has ever failed to scrub off a globule of Friday-night curry from their latest Thomas Pink purchase, be warned - wear it on Monday and you could be a killer. “I have worn this tie three times in the past two weeks, but I don’t think it is going to kill anybody,” said Timothy Everest, the tailor who dresses David Cameron, David Beckham, Tom Cruise and Chancellor Gordon Brown. “I was once eating sushi in Japan and I dropped some tuna and soy sauce on to a tie. I failed to heed my own advice and clean it, so I had to chuck it.” Everest says the average male should be rotating at least a dozen ties, which should be dry-cleaned a couple of times a year. This will be expensive, since dry cleaners often charge as much as £5 per tie. According to the BMA’s Board of Science, lurking in threads of a dirty tie lie a host of bugs including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), c difficile, streptococcal bacteraemia, enterococcus bacteraemia, acinetobacter bacteraemia, e faecimum and fungal candida. Without regular cleaning, these organisms can survive on a tie for up to 80 days, microbiologists say, which raises the risk of MRSA spreading. BMA tests on doctors’ ties in an orthopaedic unit in Sussex found that all were carrying bugs frequently found in the infected wounds of patients. Prof Hugh Pennington, the president of the Society for General Microbiology, told The Telegraph that a tie would have to be “heavily contaminated” for it to pose a serious health risk. “Once the organism touches the tie, it starts to die. It does not grow or multiply and is gradually killed by the light,” he said. dailytimes.com.pk