Session 16

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Rethinking Sterile: The Hospital Microbiome

Seltenrich, Nate (2014) "Rethinking Sterile: The Hospital Microbiome," Environmental Health Perspectives. Vol. 122, No. 7, p. A182-A187.

Discussion Questions

1. How clean were the floors and surfaces of the University of Chicago's new hospital? What was growing on them?
2. Describe wat a microbiome is and how it applies to hospitals.
3. Describe how scientists have develope a genetic fingerpring ot bacteria to track their spread.