Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Can Hitch a Ride on Hospital Scrubs

Dangerous bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), can spread from sick patients in a hospital to the scrubs of health care workers, a new study finds. These pathogens can also find their way from the patient to items in their hospital room, such as the bed rail, according to the study, presented here at IDWeek 2016, a meeting of several organizations focused on infectious diseases. "We know there are bad germs in hospitals, but we're just beginning to understand h