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The art of infection prevention

Public-health experts hope that by reducing the spread of disease, society can cut back on its use of antibiotics.
  1. Kristina Campbell

    1. Kristina Campbell is a freelance science journalist in Victoria, British Columbia.

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In early 2020, a simple online hand-washing demonstration went viral. The video, created by a restaurateur in India and imitated by health-care professionals and breakfast-television hosts around the world, showed a pair of hands in clean disposable gloves receiving a glob of children’s paint in one palm. The hands then went through all the motions of correct hand washing and, at the end, the gloves were fully coated with paint.

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Nature 586, S53-S54 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02885-2

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Antimicrobial resistance, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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