Study reveals why gowns and gloves can be so dangerous for hospital workers

Monday, October 12, 2015 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

A hospital ought to be the last place to get a life-threatening infection, but it happens. A new study helps explain why. Researchers asked real hospital workers to remove gowns and gloves smeared with fake bacteria. When they did, the fake bacteria wound up on their skin or clothes 46% of the...

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