Doctors say washing machine spread superbug in kids’ ward
Once the domestic washing machine was removed no more colonisations were seen: study
Washing machines — especially cool-water ones — are facilitating the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospitals, doctors warn.
Their study tracking transmission routes for a resistant form of Klebsiella oxytoca found that a domestic washing machine on a paediatric ward in a German hospital was acting as a water reservoir for the bacteria.
