a day agoConsistent bacteria ' hostess
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The curtains that share the beds of the sick in many hospitals, designed to maintain privacy, may be a serious threat to our health. They are often carriers of resistant bacteria that can then contain other patients, according to a study published in the United States today. About 1,500 [...]
They are often carriers of resistant bacteria that can then contain other patients, according to a study published in the United States today.
About 1,500 tests were conducted on these kinds of curtains, and highly resistant bacteria were discovered in more than one in five cases. Constantly, patients were carriers of the same bacteria as the one discovered in the hospital curtain.
These pathogens can survive on these curtains and most likely spread to different surfaces as well as patients. With such expansion, these curtains are used everywhere, this is a global problem, confirms one of the authors of the study, Lona Modern doctor and researcher at Michigan University. (SHBA), forward Atsh.
The results of this study, which is expected to be published soon in the medical journal, will be presented under the European Congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, which will be organised from Saturday to Tuesday in Amsterdam.
