Friday, September 23, 2011
Privacy Curtains Commonly Contaminated With Harmful Bacteria
Curtains that go around a patient's hospital bed to provide privacy - privacy curtains - are often tainted with harmful bacteria, such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus), researchers ftom the University of Iowa reported at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago. The scientists added that there is growing concern about the role hospital environments play in causing potentially life-threatening infections. Dr...
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