Study: Ambulances, EMS workers contaminated with pathogens

A Duke University study showed that more than half of emergency medical service ambulances and about two-thirds of EMS clinicians harbor clinically important bacteria before and after work shifts.The study confirmed the researchers’ expectations regarding high vehicle contamination while uncovering an unexpected trend of bacterial loads on clinicians, Diego Schaps, MD, MPH, a resident

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