One in four seniors are bringing along stowaways from the hospital to their next stop: superbugs on their hands. Moreover, individuals who go to a nursing home or other post-acute care facility will continue to acquire new superbugs during their stay, according to findings made by University of Michigan researchers published in a JAMA Internal […]
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Older patients carry superbugs after hospital stays
Posted on 17 March 2016.
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Mother was right: wash your hands before dinner
Posted on 25 April 2011.
By Angela Rocheleau No matter how old you are some things never change. When mom said, “You go wash your hands or NO dinner,” she was correct. However, a lot has changed over our lifetime — including the way food is prepared, produced and distributed. It used to be that food was produced close to […]
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