Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air in hospitals, early study hints

Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air in hospitals, early study hints

A common antiseptic used to clean hospital patients’ skin can linger on surfaces for hours, creating breeding grounds for bacteria to become tolerant, or even gain resistance, to chemicals that usually kill them. Once they develop “tolerance,” bacteria can survive certain concentrations of chemicals more easily than their peers do, but they can still be [...] The post Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air in hospitals, early study hints appeared first on CBNC .