Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products

AP ^ | April 29, 2013 | Mike Stobbe

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In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat...

Machines that resemble "Star Wars" robots and emit ultraviolet light or hydrogen peroxide vapors. Germ-resistant copper bed rails, call buttons and IV poles. Antimicrobial linens, curtains and wall paint.

While these products can help get a room clean, their true impact is still debatable. There is no widely-accepted evidence that these inventions have prevented infections or deaths.

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You have a 1 in 20 chance of picking up something you didn't have coming into the hospital. I'm betting it's much higher in a doctor's office or clinic.

[RC one]

I’m always amazed at the parents that let their toddlers crawl around on the hospital floor.

[Red Badger]

Which will lead to SUPER-SUPER bugs.......

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Which will lead to SUPER-SUPER bugs.......”

Yep. Only the strong survive.

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I’m always amazed at the parents that let their toddlers crawl around on the hospital floor.

And let them play with the clinic's toys and books after some sick kid just slobbered all over them.

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Heck, I won’t even sign in with the clinic’s pen!

[The Great RJ]

Imagine the risk of picking up super bugs when Obamacare treatment “guidelines” won’t allow the use of powerful and expensive antibiotics and private hospital rooms are replaced by 16 bed wards with nothing more than a curtain separating you from the two other beds next to you. In both the UK and Australia there have been scandals about filthy conditions in hospitals, patients lying on unwashed sheets and deaths due to simply unsanitary conditions.