Disinfecting wipes and alcohol-based hand gels are now widely used in hospitals, schools, and other public settings to kill the pathogens that cause infectious disease.
Americans now spend an estimated $1 billion a year on these and other antibacterial products, but their direct impact on the spread of infectious disease is not well understood.
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Wipes Can Spread Bacteria
About 100,000 cases of invasive MRSA occur each year in the United States, according to the CDC, and the vast majority of these infections occur in hospitals and other health-care settings.
Disinfectant wipes are among the products used in such settings in an effort to prevent the spread of MRSA and other infectious pathogens.
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