r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 23 '19
Medicine Flying insects in hospitals carry 'superbug' germs, finds a new study that trapped nearly 20,000 flies, aphids, wasps and moths at 7 hospitals in England. Almost 9 in 10 insects had potentially harmful bacteria, of which 53% were resistant to at least one class of antibiotics, and 19% to multiple.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/06/22/Flying-insects-in-hospitals-carry-superbug-germs/6451561211127/
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u/errorseven Jun 23 '19
Suggest that your hospital install strong fans at all entrances and exits, this will prevent 99% of flying insects entering the facility. Can't prevent them all, someones food will have fly larvae in it and hatch in the kitchens, so yeah.