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Waiter in catering business
Hello, I have employed in my catering business a person suffering from CF. In order to protect her of eventual health risks, I would like to know, if I can put her on cleaning the guests toilets sporadically, or if I should better not mention it in her description of her duties. She herself does ...
15.11.2015
Flower pots
Dear expert team, the teacher of my daughter put up flower pots in the classroom. Shall I ask her to put those away, due to a risk of infection with e.g. mould fungi or Pseudomonas aerugionsa?
26.10.2015
Reconstituted medicine
Hello, I am a 34-year-old CF patient. I have a question about reconstituted medicine (powder medicine that is necessary to be diluted with water). For every day life, we have some hygiene recommendations on the use of bottled water that must not be kept open more than 24 hours, to prevent the ...
20.10.2015
Rain water
In our new building we have to reuse rainwater. As a preventive measure, is it not better to flush your toilet with tap water instead of rainwater? Does this increase the risk of contamination?
20.10.2015
Riding/horses hygiene
Hello, my daughter wants to take riding lessons. My question is, if she is allowed to ride also in the riding hall or it this rather risky? And what about going into the stable to the horses? Is this a risk, too? Would a face mask be helpful? Best regards,
20.10.2015
What carpets? Kilim?
Hello, I am in couple with a CF woman, and we wonder if some carpets are preferable for inside, or if they are all disadvised? If the woolly carpets retain germs, the kilim is flat and solidly braided. But could it suit? Thank you for your lighting.
12.10.2015
Swimming pool with salted water
Hello Is it dangerous for a CF patient to bathe in a swimming pool of salty thermal water? There is, in Germany, a thermal swimming pool (Solymar) which uses salted (3%) thermal water. I read that the salinity of the sea water oscillates between 2 and 4 %. Is it risky to go with our child (by ...
09.10.2015
Toilet at school
Hello At school, my 5-year-old daughter with cystic fibrosis used the toilet reserved for the adults. This year, it is not possible and we reserve her one toilet for her own. What is best? Thank you for your help.
09.10.2015
Pottery making
Again about pottery making: I have no good feeling, even if my daughter wants very much to do it. Clay is a humid material, that can only be processed if it is still humid. If a piece in the lesson is not finished one day, it is covered with a plastic sac and is finished one week later. At ...
03.10.2015
Staphylococcus (MRSA)
Hello, My 8-month-old son carries a resisting staphylococcus in his lungs. Is there a risk that one day this bacterium "moves" and affects others organs or that it becomes a "generalized" infection? If he has a wound for example. Furthermore, is it dangerous for the others to go with him ...
19.09.2015
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