By Ethan Covey
The use of certain antimicrobial curtains in hospital rooms has been found to greatly decrease the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), according to a new study.
The researchers said this discovery might enable hospital staff to better manage the risk for infection among patients in their institutions (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2019;40[2]:164-170). “This could be the source of transmission of MDROs within the health care setting,” said the