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Monday, September 30, 2002Researchers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Washington. D.C., measured the effects of switching to the alcohol rinses two years ago. Dispensers were put in all patient rooms and outpatient clinics. New cases of drug-resistant staph infections decreased 21 percent, while resistant enterococcus dropped 43 percent. Both of these are serious, hospital-acquired infections. Among the first to study the gel's advantages was Dr. Didier Pittet of the University of Geneva Hospitals in Switzerland. Four years of use there cut hospital-spread infections in half. Thank goodness. I switched to the alcohol based solutions a couple of years ago after frequent hand washings left my hands chapped and bleeding at the end of the day. I always worried, though, that I wasn’t killing as many germs with the waterless version. Now, I can rest easy and keep my skin intact. posted by Sydney on 9/30/2002 07:20:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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