Beware the nonslip socks you’re given in the hospital
Beware the nonslip socks you’re given in the hospital. If you’re asked to get out of bed, stand, and walk, be careful NOT to get back in bed still wearing the socks. They pick up drug-resistant bacteria from the hospital floor.
Learn more at the Journal of Hospital Infection and the Journal of Infection Control:
CONTENTS
- DONATE NOW
- About RID
- OUR FOUNDER
- Board of Directors
- Record of Success
- Your Hospital’s Infection Rate
- COVID-19 AND NURSING HOMES
- Battling Candida Auris
- RESOURCES & ARCHIVES
- Contact Us
- 15 Steps to Protect Hospital Patients
- 10 Steps to Choosing Post-Acute Care
- Ignaz Semmelweis Award
- Nursing Homes
- Unnecessary Deaths
- The Next Pandemic
- Campaign against CRE