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Watch Out After a Hospital Stay: You Could Be Exposing Your Family to Superbugs


Research indicates hospitals contribute to the local spread of antibiotic-resistant infections. A recent study published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America suggests that family members of patients discharged from hospit

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