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"You go to hospital for treatment and to get better. But sometimes, you get
something much less welcome: an infection.
Pneumonia, an infection of the lungs, is one of the most common and deadly
infections people develop in hospital. Around 50,000 patients contract
pneumonia in Australian hospitals every year. Around 1,900 of them die from it.
It’s rarely monitored and rarely reported. And to date, few studies have looked
at how it can be prevented.
But our new trial, published today in
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, shows a
surprisingly simple action can make a major difference: brushing patients’
teeth.
We found this can reduce the chance of getting this type of pneumonia, called
non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia, by 60%."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
