Scientists devise method to prevent hospital infections without antibiotics

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> A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you’d expect to pick up a nasty infection

The place where all the nasty infections go to get diagnosed and the place full of immunocompromised people is the first place you’d look for nasty infections.

Seriously. “Go to the hospital to get sick” has been a rule of thumb since forever. The only place you’re more likely to catch something is an elementary school.

Wow, 100,000 a year die of infections contracted during treatment!

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