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Archive Home > 2010 > December > 23 > The battle against germs

The battle against germs

Mountain View Hospital in Madras is trying to wipe out hospital-acquired infections by going right to the source — the patients' rooms.

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
December 23, 2010

This summer, a call that a patient was being discharged from Mountain View Hospital in Madras would get Cathy Luther running. The hospital infection prevention nurse wanted to get there quickly, before staff arrived to clean and prepare the room for the next patient.

Luther would secretly mark....

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