New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April) shows that contamination of privacy curtains ...

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The researchers took samples from areas where people hold curtains, which suggests increasing contamination resulted from direct contact. “We know that privacy curtains pose a high risk for ...

Patient privacy curtains in hospitals became increasingly contaminated with pathogens and most tested positive for MRSA after 21 days of being hung, according to findings published in the American ...

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control shows that the majority of freshly laundered privacy curtains hanging in patient rooms over the course of 21 days acquired the deadly ...

Privacy curtains in hospital rooms might offer patients some personal dignity, but they can also harbor dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria. That's the claim of a new ...

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close up of person cliping white curtains to rod - Fotoduets/Getty Images In addition to their functional purposes of blocking light and providing privacy, curtains have a huge influence on the ...

Hospital privacy curtains are a breeding ground for potentially deadly superbugs. The curtains, which are frequently touched by patients, have been found to contain dangerous MRSA. They are also a ...