
Stowaway Superbugs Cling to Senior Patients’ Hands
To fight the spread of superbugs, patients — especially geriatric patients — need education and hand-washing vigilance just like health care employees.
March 14, 2016 5:08 PM
Lona Mody, M.D., M.Sc., is the Amanda Sanford Hickey Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. She’s also the associate chief for clinical and translational research at the U-M Geriatrics Center and a research scientist at the Ann Arbor VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center.
To fight the spread of superbugs, patients — especially geriatric patients — need education and hand-washing vigilance just like health care employees.