Breaking...bacteria are everywhere!

As we recently found with our hospital curtain study, the media are fascinated with the fact that bacteria can survive on inanimate objects. The latest culprit, as outlined in this LA Times article, is paper. Paperless electronic medical records would seem a great solution to this problem, were it not for those germ-laden computer keyboards!

The solution is simple, fortunately. Just make sure that the last thing you touch prior to contact with a patient is an alcohol hand sanitizer.