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:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31146857/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27380919/

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