Certified nursing assistant Cristina Zainos prepares a special wash using the antimicrobial liquid soap chlorhexidine at Coventry Court Health Center. — Photos: TNS
Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois in the United States are testing a surprisingly simple strategy against the dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbugs that kill thousands of people each year: washing patients with a special soap.
The efforts – funded with roughly US$8 million (RM33mil) from the US federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – are taking place at 50 facilities in those two states.
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