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Brushing your teeth in hospital could reduce the chance of catching pneumonia
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A new trial suggests that improved oral hygiene, specifically tooth brushing, may help reduce the risk of pneumonia infections acquired during hospital stays, which affects tens of thousands of patients annually.
Brushing your teeth in hospital could reduce the chance of catching pneumonia
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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, pu
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