Hospital surfaces harbour pathogens despite cleaning, study finds

Microbial contamination on high-touch hospital surfaces persists despite strict compliance with recommended disinfection protocols, according to a new study.Researchers at the Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System collected samples from 400 high-touch surfaces including workstations, breakroom tables, bed rails, dummies used for resuscitation training and computer keyboards at nurse's stations.A total of 60 types of bacteria were identified across all samples including Enterococcus, Staphyloc