Antibacterial wipes can spread superbugs

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LONDON (Reuters) - Disinfectant wipes routinely used in hospitals may actually spread ****-resistant bacteria rather than **** the dangerous infections, British researchers said on Tuesday.


While the wipes ****** some bacteria, a study of two hospitals showed they did not get them all and could transfer the so-called superbugs to other surfaces, Gareth Williams, a microbiologist at Cardiff University, said.

The findings presented at the American Society of Microbiology's General Meeting in Boston focused on bacteria that included methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.



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