Airborne
Do you think the air in hospitals is cleaner or dirtier (meaning bacteria and viruses) than the air outside?
With extra cycles, this is what my brain conjures up.
Mostly, it wonders about things that people take for granted.
Or that they don't care about wasting time with.
Do you think the air in hospitals is cleaner or dirtier (meaning bacteria and viruses) than the air outside?
3 comments:
Dirtier - you're more likely to pick up an infection while staying in a hospital
Yeah, that's what I figured, but didn't know if it was all in my head.
Wait, is that a fact? Like, based on a study of some sort?
I think it might be. Their are many opportunistic pathogens that set up shop in hospitals, and since people are all hooked up to stuff (IV, cathetars, etc) that bacteria have additional means to get into the system.
Infections acquired while in a hospital are called nosocomial infections - I was a microbiology major thank you very much :)
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