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A new computer model predicts that multi-bed hospital wards increase bacterial hand contamination by 20% compared with single-bed wards. Understanding exactly how bacteria spread could improve the way we design and clean our hospitals, and train healthcare workers. Healthcare acquired infections affect one in every 15 hospital patients in the UK. They include the "superbug" MRSA and the seasonal norovirus vomiting bug. [Source: BBC News]
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