HARMFUL bacteria, including “superbugs” that are resistant to antibiotics,
might spread around hospitals on common fabrics used for clothes, curtains and
other hospital items. Scientists in Ohio have found that some deadly bacteria
can live on these materials for longer than three months.
All round the world there is an urgent need to stamp out the spread of
infections in hospitals. In Britain last week, the National Audit Office
published a damning report, saying that there are at least 100 000 such
infections each year in Britain, costing the National ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ Service as much as
£1 billion annually.
In the…
