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'Clever Cleaning' The Way To Beat Hospital Superbugs, UK
06 November 2009
Just one extra cleaner on a hospital ward can save lives and money, according to new research sponsored by UNISON, the UK's largest public service union.
The detailed study found that one extra cleaner, using targeted...
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Bacteria 'Launch A Shield' To Resist Attack
03 November 2009
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark along with other collaborators in Denmark and the US found that the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa can 'switch on' production of...
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MRSA Strain Linked To High Death Rates
02 November 2009
A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study...
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