Yikes! Disinfectant Wipes Are Spreading “Superbugs” in Hospitals
Posted on July 06, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
First came word that popular antibacterial hand soaps are not only unnecessary (old fashioned soap and water is the best way to keep germs from spreading) but the chemicals in them can harm your health and environment.
Now a new study says instead of killing potentially dangerous infections, disinfectant wipes may actually spread drug-resistant and sometimes deadly bacteria.
The research, recently presented at the American Society of Microbiology’s General Meeting in Boston, zeroed in on bacteria that included the dreaded "superbugs" — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. MRSA infections range from so-called "flesh eating" disfiguring skin infections to life-threatening and difficult to treat infections of the bloodstream, lungs and surgical wounds. [Read More]
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