# Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/scientists-devise-method-to-prevent-deadly-hospital-infections-without-antibiotics-2/
- Published: 2022-05-23T10:00:19-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Richard Kaner. Photo credit: Reed Hutchinson / UCLA. Article by Stuart Wolpert. UCLA Newsroom – May 19, 2022. Novel surface treatment developed at UCLA stops microbes from adhering to medical devices like catheters and stents A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you’d expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately 1.7 million Americans do each year, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from infection-related complications and roughly $30 billion in direct medical costs. […] Click here to view original web page at newsroom.ucla.edu