Hospital sinks are festering hotbeds of drug-resistant bacteria, experts warn - and a new study explains why.
Health officials are grappling to fight the growing issue resistant to antibiotics, as more and more hospitals report patients will untreatable infections.
More concerning, most of these infections are picked up in hospitals, according to a recent swell of studies.
Now researchers at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, have mapped out the biggest danger zones - and it all boils down to an area you might think would be the cleanest of all.
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2 comments:
So how can they be killed in the drains, etc.? The article does not say.
Most (but not all) doctors on rounds don't have to worry about sink-borne diseases because they never go near one between patients.
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