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Coughing, sneezing, or simply shaking bed sheets can send superbugs flying, allowing them to contaminate clean surfaces.
The findings by University of Leeds researchers may explain why, despite strict cleaning regimes and hygiene controls, some hospitals still struggle to prevent bacteria moving from patient to patient.
Hospital superbugs, such as MRSA and C. difficile, can be spread through contact. Patients, visitors or even hospital staff can inadvertently touch surfaces contaminated with bacteria and then pass the infection on to others, resulting in a great stress in hospitals on keeping hands and surfaces clean.
But the new results, published in the journal Building and Environment, seem to confirm that superbugs can fly through the air and contaminate surfaces.
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Coughing, sneezing, or simply shaking bed sheets can send superbugs flying, allowing them to contaminate clean surfaces.
The findings by University of Leeds researchers may explain why, despite strict cleaning regimes and hygiene controls, some hospitals still struggle to prevent bacteria moving from patient to patient.
Hospital superbugs, such as MRSA and C. difficile, can be spread through contact. Patients, visitors or even hospital staff can inadvertently touch surfaces contaminated with bacteria and then pass the infection on to others, resulting in a great stress in hospitals on keeping hands and surfaces clean.
But the new results, published in the journal Building and Environment, seem to confirm that superbugs can fly through the air and contaminate surfaces.
MORE