We as a doctor in our hospital or clinic always wash our hand with many hand gels or sanitizers before and after examining patient so that we don't transmit microorganism from us to patient and vice versa but as per a new study, potentially dangerous bacteria already resistant to antibiotics are now developing resistance to common alcohol-based hand gels. A bacteria called Enterococcus faecium is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, and it's been shrugging off antibiotics at an increasing rate, said senior researcher and molecular microbiologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia. "It's a WHO [World Health Organization] and CDC-recognized superbug," he said.
"In the hospital, it is already resistant to nearly all classes of antibiotics." Now E. faecium appears to be developing resistance to alcohol-based sanitizers, possibly in response to the vast use of the…
