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Research: Wash Your Hands Immediately After Touching These 10 Things
Washing your hands is a given if you want to avoid infection—but it's especially important after touching these top 10 ...
Dangerous bacteria lurk in hospital sink drains, despite rigorous cleaning, study reveals
We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...
'Focusing on patient safety' | How Houston Healthcare Perry is working to reduce infections
"The last thing that we wanna do is a patient to come into the hospital and leave sicker than what they were," Tennille said. The hospital's environmental services team employs rigorous cleaning ...
Norovirus symptoms to look out for as bug rips through hospital
The NHS has urged people to look out for symptoms of norovirus as the bug rips through one hospital, forcing it to close ...
Symptoms of bug spreading 'like wildfire' as hospital forced to close wards
People have been urged to look out for some of the telltale signs of a nasty winter bug currently spreading “like wildfire” ...
NHS shares signs of bug 'ripping through wards like wildfire' as hospital forced to close wards
Three wards have been closed at one London hospital due to an outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea among other symptoms.