Nurses and cleaners may be spreading superbugs around wards in their efforts to keep hospitals free of the bacteria, according to scientists. Researchers at Cardiff University say that cleaning wipes infused with antibacterials or disinfectants do not necessarily kill bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and can spread the superbugs around.
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Hospital wipes may spread bacteria rather than kill them, say scientists - Daily Mail 3rd June 2008
Hospital wipes 'spreading MRSA' - BBC Health News 3rd June 2008
Wipes spread hospital germs, say scientists - The Guardian 4th June 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
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