A new study finds a way for people to cut their risk of developing a dangerous superbug infection after leaving the hospitalThink of it as decontaminating yourself. SUSAN HUANG/AP Researcher Raheeb Saavedra demonstrates how to use a medicated ointment for a study on preventing superbug infections. A lot has been done to curb infections in hospitals and attention is shifting to what happens after patients leave. A year later, 6 per cent of those in the deep-clean group had developed a MRSA infection versus 9 per cent of the others. It's worth it for patients to do whatever they can to prevent an MRSA infection, he said.

Source: Stuff February 14, 2019 06:11 UTC