The privacy curtains that separate care spaces in hospitals and clinics are frequently contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, researchers said in Chicago this week. To avoid spreading those ...

The curtains had minimal contamination when they were first hung, but curtains hung in patient rooms became increasingly contaminated over time. By day 14 of the study period, 87.5 percent of the ...

Antimicrobial hospital curtains may be more effective at reducing bacterial contamination than standard curtains, a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology found. The study looked ...

Two weeks after being hung, 87.5% of hospital privacy curtains were contaminated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), even though none of the patients in those rooms had the ...

Privacy curtains inside patients' rooms in hospitals could be potential carriers of deadly and drug-resistant superbacteria, a new study in Michigan revealed. This ...

Privacy curtains in hospital rooms might offer patients some personal dignity, but they can also harbor dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria. That's the claim of a new ...

A recent study suggests that privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, thus posing a threat to patient safety. The study tracked the contamination rate of ten ...

Without timely intervention, privacy curtains in hospitals can become breeding grounds for resistant bacteria, posing a threat to patient safety, according to new research. Without timely intervention ...