Hospital privacy curtains breed bacteria

Frequently touched, but infrequently changed, privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, according to a new study.

Without timely intervention, the curtains could pose a threat to patient safety.

The longitudinal, prospective pilot study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, tracked the contamination rate of 10 freshly laundered privacy curtains in the Regional Burns/Plastics Unit of the Health Services Center in Winnipeg, Canada.

Read the article here at Australian Hospital + Health Care Bulletin 

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