Since Jehovah, or if you prefer, Allah, are all-knowing, why don't the experts look in the Bible for advice about how to avoid these diseases? Toss all infected persons out into the desert to fend for themselves so they do not infect others.

Let's not forget another hint from God, and how to apply it today. Example: if you get a deadly new strain of e-coli from bean sprouts, ban sprouts forever along with all the other cleft-footed animals. Unfortunately, Europeans don't think much of Biblical advice. <emoticons rampant>

As nursing administrators we need to find the means to comfort, retrain, give positive feedback rather than only terminating the caregiver. Administrating medications needs to be a part of the Registered Nurses responsbilities that is constantly evaluated and we should become mentors, not the unfeeling administrators that "get rid of the problem". Being a registered nurse is not easy today and our staff need our support not a negative atmosphere.

 Perishables should be locally grown and locally inspected. Not only are the re the French e-coli cases, Focus.de reported that Robert Koch Institute has confirmed that 3 schoolboys ages 8 to 11 yrs are infected with EHEC_HUS . The schoold is closed inEast Westfalen,Germany. 3 workers at the school dining hall have the strain (confirmed- they are not sick in their feces) so is a worker at a Catering co. (only in feces saamples). The article did not specify where these workers came from who carry the e-coli strain in their feces.  Remember that cleanliness is half the food.