Sentences with phrase «hospital surfaces»

They are uncovering evidence that mothers, breast milk, and hospital surfaces all contribute to the microbiome populations of infants.

For both experiments, the researchers used much higher concentrations of microbes than those typically found on hospital surfaces, Koranteng said.

The list of potential applications includes pre-surgery skin washes, disinfection of hospital surfaces and instruments, wound care, treatment of ulcers, and decontamination of medical devices.

Koranteng and colleagues developed a material to make hospital surfaces self - disinfecting.

«Contaminated hospital surfaces play a key role in spreading those infections,» said Ethel Koranteng, a chemist at University College London, on April 5 at the Materials Research Society spring meeting.

«E. faecium is in the gut of nearly every human; it is extremely tough and survives a lot of stresses, often including efforts to disinfect hospital surfaces.

These opportunistic bacteria can grow on hospital surfaces or in lungs and tissues.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Direct microbial sequencing of environmental samples, such as from ocean water, hospital surfaces, and the human gut, have illuminated the vast number of microbes present in our world.

These include frequent hand washing and cleaning of all hospital surfaces with antimicrobial agents.

While this is easier to treat than some other types of hospital infections, like MRSA, it's tough to clean away on hospital surfaces.