Topic: hospital hygiene

Nothing Is Sanitary, Ever: Hospital Privacy Curtains Are Crawling With Bacteria

Nothing Is Sanitary, Ever: Hospital Privacy Curtains Are Crawling With Bacteria

One more reason to wash your hands like soap is going out of style, and ask than any and all doctors and nurses you come into contact with do the same: a study by researchers at the University of Iowa has found that the privacy curtains between patients in hospitals are veritable bacteria factories, carrying MRSA and other potentially lethal diseases. More »

The Monday Sidebar…

The Monday Sidebar…

The cell phone saves the day… …in the Congo when volunteering British surgeon uses text message instructions to perform a life-saving arm amputation on a young boy who was bitten by a hippopotamus. Seems while general and vascular surgeon David … More »