Cross-infection from Hospital Baths

Postoperative infection

“…This could be done by using a paper disposable seat cover of the type available in the U.S.A. The danger from the communal bath, as has already been pointed out (Maitland, 1961), can be avoided by the use of sprays in which only the feet are exposed to cross-infection. A further point in their favour is the economy of space which is permitted.…”