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August 1, 2018 09:20 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/KPgYpPzNYls/bacteria-becoming-resistant-to-hospital-disinfectants-warn-scientists
Bacteria Becoming Resistant To Hospital Disinfectants, Warn Scientists
Hospitals will need to use new strategies to tackle bacteria experts have warned, after finding a type of hospital superbug is becoming increasingly tolerant of alcohol -- the key component of current disinfectant hand rubs. From a report: Handwashes based on alcohols such as isopropanol have become commonplace as a method of infection control. But while the move has been linked to benefits, including a fall in rates of hospital infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), new research suggests it might also have had unexpected consequences. Scientists say they have discovered that superbugs known as vancomycin-resistant enterococci, or VRE, appear to be becoming more tolerant to alcohol.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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