Prompts for washing hands before and after visiting in the hospital really Patients Should Be obeyed. The hospital is a hotbed of Germs, even a curtain divider in the treatment rooms can also be overgrown with harmful bacteria.

A study at Iowa University Revealed, almost all the curtains in Hospitals have beencontaminated by Germs. Curtains were the resource persons of the 43 observed, 41 ofWhom Had polluted as much as at least 1 times within 3 weeks of observation.

Not just ordinary Germs That also exist in the everyday environment, Germs in Hospitalscurtain is Sometimes a dangerous drug-resistant Germs. Among these areMethicillin-resistant S.aureus (MRSA) and enterococci are resistant to the antibioticvancomycin.

Observations of the 180 samples taken from 43 swabs the curtain show, MRSA wasfound in 1 of 5 curtains or 20 percent. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is alsoabundant in number, even up to 4 out of 10 curtains or 40 percent.

“The majority of contaminated curtains harmful Germs in the first week hanged, insteadof the usual curtain hung That the between 3-4 weeks before it was replaced,” said Dr..Michael OHL WHO conducted the study as quoted by Reuters.

Compared to other objects exist in Hospitals That, including curtains are rarelyConsidered despite the risk of Contamination is high. In Addition to frequently held byPatients or others, curtains are also Relatively Difficult to be sterilized and are alwaysinstalled in the long term.

Although studies show That much has contaminated curtains Hospital Germs, Dr. OHLdoes not prohibit its use as a barrier in the treatment room. Plea That he Convey toPatients and Their Their families are frequently wash hands with alcohol after holding thecurtain.