Hospital infection rates are on the rise. These infections kill around 100,000 vulnerable patients and cost the American healthcare industry $US30 billion annually. To combat hyper-infectious agents, like Clostridium difficile (C-diff) or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), doctors are turning to a different method of disinfection to destroy bacteria by tearing…
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