No more reading in the hospital waiting room- stare at the wall and don't touch a thing
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, November 17, 2010
What do you do in a hospital waiting room? Staring at the algae covered fish tank gets boring after a while so you switch to watching the baby run around in nothing but a diaper, which can only hold your attention so long. But to your left is a giant basket full of magazines: People, Woman’s Day, National Geographic, and Health. Jackpot.
Flipping through magazines usually makes time fly by as you wait, but in a recent article published by CBC News in Canada, one hospital is banning magazines in waiting rooms to avoid the spread of germs.
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