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Toys can turn hospital cots into “reservoirs of bacteria”

BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7259.470/b (Published 19 August 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:470
  1. Scott Gottlieb
  1. New York

    Toys given to sick newborn babies could be placing the infants at risk of infection, a new study has said.

    It is well recognised that nosocomial sepsis of infants in intensive care units can originate from equipment as well as …

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